Hall, Lydia E., (1906–1969), a nursing theorist who presented her Care, Core, and Cure Model in “Nursing: What Is It?” in The Canadian Nurse (1964). Hall believed that nursing functions differently in three overlapping circles that constitute aspects of patients. She labeled the circles the body (the care), the disease (the cure), and the person (the core). Hall viewed nursing in relation to the core aspect as concerned with the therapeutic use of self in communicating with the patient. Care is the nurturing, comforting component, the “hands-on” care of the patient. Cure is the aspect of nursing involved with treatments and administration of medications. Hall’s concept includes adult patients who have passed the acute stage of illness and have rehabilitation and feelings of self-actualization as their goal.
