Safe, quality patient care is a recurring concern for health care institutions in Chile. A report published by the Lancet Global Health Commission explains that many countries exhibit systematic deficits in health care quality, with developing countries being the most affected (Kruk et al., 2018). The report adds that providing health care services without guaranteeing minimum quality standards is unethical, inefficient and a waste of scarce resources (Kruk et al., 2018).
Until recently nursing science was based mainly on biological, medical and social science theories. A biomedical approach to nursing practice, focused on medical diagnosis and treatment and makes it difficult to delve into aspects of special interest for the development of nursing knowledge and practice. The development of nursing models in the last century has made the human person more visible as the centre of care. These models propose new foundations for the elaboration of nursing theories from a human approach, considering the nurse-person relationship as part of the knowledge of the profession (Boz & Kaya, 2019). Our university considers professional models important for nursing.Stalling-Weldon et al. ( 2016) define a Practice model as "…frameworks or systems that uphold and define the professional practice of nursing in an organization. Ideally professional practice models provide structure for nursing practice that is consistent with professional values, create meaning for nurses, and offer benefits to
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