Johnson’s Model and the Nursing Process

No Framework Element Nursing Thought

1 BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
Eight subsystems:
1. Achievement 1. Do I understand the patient’s perceptions?
2. Affiliative 2. How complete are my data collections?
3. Aggressive/protective 3. Could I have missed something?
4. Dependency 4. How do I know I have the facts right?
5. Eliminative 5. What data might need to be verified?
6. Ingestive 6. How do these data compare with previously
7. Restorative collected data?
8. Sexual 7. How do my client’s data compare with
accepted standards/
8. behaviors for someone of this age, culture,
and disease process?

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
Internal:
Biological What general and specific factors supply the
Pathological functional
Psychological requirements for subsystems?
Developmental
Level of wellness
External:
Cultural
Ecological
Familial
Sociological

DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS
Behavior subsystem(e.g., achievement)
Structural unit: Goal, set, choice,action
Sustenal imperatives: Variables from the
environment (e.g., familial)
1. What subsystem(s) is (are) involved?
2. What structural unit(s) is (are) involved?
3. Is behavior succeeding or failing to achieve
the goal?
4. Is there a clear relationship between the
stated goal of the person, set, and chosen
behavior?
5. Does the set of the person result in
misperception of the information?
6. Are the choices appropriate?
7. Is the sequence of action orderly and
purposeful?
1. Which of the sustenal imperatives is causing
or influencing the behavior(s)?
2. What regulating and control mechanisms
are present?
3. What are the quality and quantity of
sustenal imperatives?