CARMELITA

DIVINAGRACIA
GROUP 4
BACKGROUND
OF THE
THEORIST
Dr. Carmelita A. Divinagracia is a
Master of Nursing in 1975
 Graduated Bachelor of Science in Nursing at
University of the East Ramon Magsaysay
Memorial Medical Center in 1962
 Ph. D in Nursing at University of the
Philippines in 2001
 Was the former president of the Association
of Deans of Philippine Colleges of Nursing.
 She is also a member of CHED’s Technical
Committee on Nursing Education

 She received her doctoral degree holder in

2001, has been lauded for developing the
art and competency of teaching nursing.
 She lectured and written about her work as
a nurse and how she has used her hands-
on experience to develop better ways to
teach nursing.
 Her love for nursing and her
dedication to carve out learning tools
for nursing students, has been a
commendable and rare field of
discipline
 As a teacher, she could not be anything
else but a perfect thesis adviser
 She has teamed up with the
Commission on higher Education for
the drafting of higher standard of
competency in nursing schools in the
Philippines.
WHAT IS HER
NURSING
THEORY?
 IT WAS HER DISSERTATION
ENTITLED

Advance Nurse Practitioners’

COMPOSURE Behavior and
Patient’s Wellness Outcome
Objective and Significance
of the Study
 The study mainly attempted to
determine the effects of the
“COMPOSURE” behavior of the
Advance Nurse Practitioner on the
wellness outcome of the selected
cardiac patients.
The study population consisted
of Adult Cardiac Patients
admitted and confined at the
Philippine Heart Center,
Coronary Care Unit.
DEFINITION
OF
TERMS
A BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN NURSING
GRADUATE
Licensed and has a clinical
experience of at least 2 years in
the clinical area.
Has undergone special training
in critical area
COMPOSURE BEHAVIORS
Are set of behaviors or nursing
measures that the nurse
demonstrates to selected cardiac
patients.
 The word COMPOSURE is an
acronym which stands for

COM PO SURE
- - -
P-resence and S-timulation
COMpetence Prayer U-nderstanding
R-espect and
Openmindedness Relaxation
E-mpathy
WELLNESS STATUS
Refers to a condition of being in
a state of well being, a
coordinated and integrated
living pattern that involves the
dimensions of wellness
THEORETICAL PARADIGM
CONCLUSION
The socio-demographic
characteristics, specifically
gender and age are related to
the wellness outcome of adult
cardiac patients
A significant difference exists in
the pretest and posttest scores
of the wellness outcome after
the COMPOSURE BEHAVIOR
intervention in the 3-groups
APPLICATION OF
THE THEORY IN
METAPRADIGMS
The nursing profession can
actively deliver quality care
through bio-behavioral caring
interventions like the
COMPOSURE BEHAVIOR
because regardless of creed,
social class, gender, age and
nationality, each one needs
humane, caring, spiritulality-
oriented intervention that can
facilitate wellness