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Betty Neuman

Betty Neuman: The

Neuman Systems Model

and Global Applications

Patricia Deal Aylward

Introducing the Theorist

The Neuman Systems Model

Global Applications of the Model

Projections for Use of the Model in the Twenty-first Century

Summary

References

Introducing the Theorist

Betty Neuman developed the Neuman Systems
Model in 1970 to “provide unity, or a focal point,
for student learning” (Neuman, 1995, p. 674) at the
School of Nursing, University of California at Los
Angeles. Neuman recognized the need for educa-
tors and practitioners to have a framework to view

nursing comprehensively within various contexts.

While she developed the model strictly as a teach-

ing aid, the model is now used globally as a nursing

conceptual model. Dr. Neuman has been a pioneer

in several areas within and outside of nursing. One

example of Dr. Neuman’s pioneering work is she

was one of the first nurses to be licensed as a mar-

riage, family, and child counselor in the state of