Introduction
Nurses, who act as the backbone of the health care system, play a major role in the provision of care to patients. Numerous theories have been developed from this model of patient care (Kim & Kollak, 2006). Initial nursing theories were focused on treatment of diseases in stead of treatment of individuals. They allowed for a certain extent of violation of values, principles, and beliefs of an individual in order to achieve health (Daniels, 2004). They assumed that human beings presenting with similar medical conditions could be treated using similar treatment modalities. Fortunately these theories underwent radical revolution to produce the