Download or read book Paterson and Zderad written by Nancy O'Connor and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1993 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nursing is placed within a humanistic framework in Paterson and Zderad's theory, which defines nursing as a nurturing response aimed at well-being. Three constructs of nursing, which describe the why and how of nursing practice, are identified: `comfort', `clinical' and `all-at-once'. In this volume, O'Connor explores the origin of the theory and its underlying assumptions. She also examines the major concepts of the metaparadigm of nursing, including the nursing process.