Johnson Behavioral System (JBS) Model

Johnson Behavioral System (JBS) Model

In this paper, I am going to summarize the Johnson Behavioral System (JBS) Model (Johnson, 1980, 1990),

explain the perspectives for nursing practice, and explore its applicability in nursing practice. First, I am

going to talk a little about Dorothy E. Johnson the nurse that wrote the Model. Dorothy E. Johnson was

born August 21, 1919, in Savannah, Georgia (Lobo, 1995). She received her A.A. from Armstrong Junior

College in Savannah, Georgia, in 1938; her B.S.N. from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, in

1942; and her M.P.H. from Harvard University in Boston in 1948 (Conner, Harbour, Magers, and Watt

1994).

Johnson was an instructor and an assistant professor in pediatric nursing at Vanderbilt University School of

Nursing from 1944 to 1949. From 1949 until her retirement in 1978 and subsequent move to Key Largo,

Florida, she was an assistant professor of pediatric nursing, an associate professor of nursing, and a

professor of nursing at the University of California in Los Angeles (Conner et. al. 1994). In 1955 and 1956

she was eligible to go on a sabbatical and went to the Christian Medical College School of Nursing in

Vellore, South India, were she was interested in starting a baccalaureate program which was received well

(Lobo, 1995).

Dorothy Johnson has had an influence on nursing through her publications since the 1950s. Throughout

her career, Johnson has stressed the importanc...

Johnson Behavioral System (JBS) Model

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