CH. 4 NUR 102.001 Flashcards

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CH. 4 THEORY

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explains an event by defining ideas/concepts

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CH. 4 METATHEORY

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area of study that looks at the relationships of components that make up knowledge of a discipline

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CH. 4 NURSING THEORY

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conceptualizes an aspect of nursing to describe, explain, predict nursing care

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CH. 4 PHENOMENON

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term/label given to describe an idea about an event/process

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CH. 4 CONCEPTS

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thought/idea of reality that’s put into words to help describe a specific phenomenon

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CH. 4 DOMAIN

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perspective/territory of a profession or discipline

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CH. 4 PARADIGM

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a pattern of beliefs used to describe the domain of a discipline

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CH. 4 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

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provides a way to organize major concepts & visualize the relationship among phenomena

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CH. 4 NURSING METAPARADIGM

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allows nurses to understand & explain what nursing is, does and why nurses do what they do

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CH. 4 PERSON

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recipient of nursing care

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CH. 4 HEALTH

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state of being that people define in relation to their own values, personality & lifestyle

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CH. 4 ENVIRONMENT/ SITUATION

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all possible conditions affecting patients & the settings where they go for health care

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CH. 4 NURSING

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care of individuals of all ages/communities, sick or well & in all settings.

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CH. 4 GRAND THEORIES

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structural framework for general, global ideas about nursing

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CH. 4 MIDDLE-RANGE THEORIES

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address a specific phenomenon & reflect practice

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CH. 4 PRACTICE THEORIES

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guide the nursing care of a specific patient population at a specific time

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CH. 4 DESCRIPTIVE THEORIES

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describe phenomena & identify circumstances in which the phenomena occur

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CH. 4 PRESCRIPTIVE THEORIES

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address nursing interventions for a phenomenon, guide practice change & predict consequences

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CH. 4 SHARED THEORY

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explain a phenomenon specific to the discipline that developed the theory

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CH. 4 INPUT

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data/info that comes from a patient’s assessment

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CH. 4 OUTPUT

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end product of a system (patient’s health status)

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CH. 4 FEEDBACK

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serves to inform a system about how it fuctions

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CH. 4 CONTENT

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the product & info obtained from the system