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Basic Concepts of Theoretical Foundations in Nursing Flashcards

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What are the five structures of nursing knowledge?

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  1. Philosophy
  2. Conceptual Models
  3. Theory
  4. Concept
  5. Middle Range Theory
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A statement about how those phenomena come to be known under philosophy.

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Epistemic Claims

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

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Ethical Claims

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

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Ontological Claims

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This is the set of relatively abstract and general concepts.

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Conceptual Models

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

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Theory

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

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Theory

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

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Concept

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

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Concept

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

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Middle Range Theory

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

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Descriptive
Explanatory
Predictive

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What are the four basic concepts of Metaparadigm?

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  1. Person
  2. Health
  3. Environment
  4. Nursing
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This is a group of related concepts that propose actions that guide practice.

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Theory

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

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Metaparadigm

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What are the six components of theory?

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  1. Purpose
  2. Concept
  3. Models
  4. Theoretical Satements
  5. Structure
  6. Assumptions
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This component of theory is the accepted “truth”.

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Assumptions

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

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Structure

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

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Theoretical Statements

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

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Theoretical Statements

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

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Models

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

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Models

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

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Concept

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

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Purpose

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

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Purpose

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What are the three purposes of nursing theory?

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  1. Education
  2. Research
  3. Clinical Practice
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This consists of the central concepts of person, environment, health and nursing.

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Metaparadigm

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

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Ontological Claims

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

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Epistemic Claims

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An evaluative statement under philosophy.

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Ethical Claims

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