On June 21stthe Neuman Systems Model (NSM) conference on “Exploring Population Health: Building Bridges with the Neuman Systems Model” started with a Gala.
A video was shown in which Betty Neuman welcomed the guests (not being able to come herself). She honoured Marlou de Kuiper for her efforts for the NSM. The evening continued with a World Café . Unfortunately this was the only not-lecture of the conference. It is time conference organizers understand people cannot listen for eight hours a day.
I spoke to Jacquie Fawcett about the Created Environment, the part of the model that interests me most. That’s why I was also very pleased with the content of the workshop by Rachel Coffey about how they teach students to take more care about themselves and how they increase their self-efficacy.
Nice also the workshop on concept mapping and its use for care planning.
Interesting how Jacquie Fawcett translates the NSM to population health, creating the “Conceptual Model of Nursing and Population Health: Neuman Systems Model Perspective. A pity that the visual representation is so linear and so little systemic.
I presented my poster on The Quality Paradigms and the NSM.
As a result of the conference, I definitely will study more about Neuman’s Created Environment and ways to increase self-care of care professionals.