Dorothy E. Johnson (August 21, 1919 – February 4, 1999)[1] was an American nurse, researcher, author, and theorist.
From 1949 until 1978, she served as assistant, associate, and professor of pediatric nursing at the University of California at Los Angeles.
For Johnson, it was very important to base knowledge upon research findings as the basis of nursing science.
[2] She received the Lulu Hassenplug Award for distinguished achievements conferred by the California Nurses Association.
[3] In this model first proposed in 1968,[4] nurses see their clients as being more important than their illnesses; a patient is perceived as a group of subsystems that form a complete behavioral system.