Basic Concepts of Theoretical Foundations in Nursing

Question 1

What are the five structures of nursing knowledge?

Answer 1

1. Philosophy
2. Conceptual Models
3. Theory
4. Concept
5. Middle Range Theory

Question 2

A statement about how those phenomena come to be known under philosophy.

Answer 2

Epistemic Claims

Question 3

A statement about what the members of a discipline value under philosophy.

Answer 3

Ethical Claims

Question 4

A statement about the phenomena of central interest to a discipline under philosophy.

Answer 4

Ontological Claims

Question 5

This is the set of relatively abstract and general concepts.

Answer 5

Conceptual Models

Question 6

Creative and rigorous structure of ideas that projects a tentative purposeful and systematic view of phenomena.

Answer 6

Theory

Question 7

A group of related concepts that propose actions that guide practice.

Answer 7

Theory

Question 8

The building blocks of theories and can be abstract or concrete.

Answer 8

Concept

Question 9

Mental formulation of an object or event that come from individual perceptual experience.

Answer 9

Concept

Question 10

A theory comprising limited numbers of variables, each of limited scope.

Answer 10

Middle Range Theory

Question 11

Middle-range theories may be _____, _____ (specifying relationships between two or more concepts), or _____ (envisioning relationships between concepts or effects of certain concepts on others).

Answer 11

Descriptive
Explanatory
Predictive

Question 12

What are the four basic concepts of Metaparadigm?

Answer 12

1. Person
2. Health
3. Environment
4. Nursing

Question 13

This is a group of related concepts that propose actions that guide practice.

Answer 13

Theory

Question 14

This is a set of ideas that provide structure for how a discipline should function.

Answer 14

Metaparadigm

Question 15

What are the six components of theory?

Answer 15

1. Purpose
2. Concept
3. Models
4. Theoretical Satements
5. Structure
6. Assumptions

Question 16

This component of theory is the accepted “truth”.

Answer 16

Assumptions

Question 17

This component of theory is the pattern or the arrangement and relations between the parts or elements of something complex.

Answer 17

Structure

Question 18

This component of theory constitutes connection or relationship of concepts of a theory.

Answer 18

Theoretical Statements

Question 19

This component of theory is a statement of how and why specific facts are related.

Answer 19

Theoretical Statements

Question 20

This component of theory is a representation to better understand, explain or predict something.

Answer 20

Models

Question 21

This component of theory represents relationships, flows, structures or interactions.

Answer 21

Models

Question 22

This component of theory can be abstract or concrete and can be discrete or continuous.

Answer 22

Concept

Question 23

This component of theory enables nurses to know “why” they are doing “what” they are doing.

Answer 23

Purpose

Question 24

This component of theory guides nursing practice and generates knowledge, helping to describe, predict, or explain a phenomenon.

Answer 24

Purpose

Question 25

What are the three purposes of nursing theory?

Answer 25

1. Education
2. Research
3. Clinical Practice

Question 26

This consists of the central concepts of person, environment, health and nursing.

Answer 26

Metaparadigm

Question 27

A statement regarding what exists or nature of reality under philosophy.

Answer 27

Ontological Claims

Question 28

A statement about knowledge, justification, and rationality (logic) under philosophy.

Answer 28

Epistemic Claims

Question 29

An evaluative statement under philosophy.

Answer 29

Ethical Claims