CH. 4 NUR 102.001 Flashcards
CH. 4 THEORY
explains an event by defining ideas/concepts
CH. 4 METATHEORY
area of study that looks at the relationships of components that make up knowledge of a discipline
CH. 4 NURSING THEORY
conceptualizes an aspect of nursing to describe, explain, predict nursing care
CH. 4 PHENOMENON
term/label given to describe an idea about an event/process
CH. 4 CONCEPTS
thought/idea of reality that’s put into words to help describe a specific phenomenon
CH. 4 DOMAIN
perspective/territory of a profession or discipline
CH. 4 PARADIGM
a pattern of beliefs used to describe the domain of a discipline
CH. 4 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
provides a way to organize major concepts & visualize the relationship among phenomena
CH. 4 NURSING METAPARADIGM
allows nurses to understand & explain what nursing is, does and why nurses do what they do
CH. 4 PERSON
recipient of nursing care
CH. 4 HEALTH
state of being that people define in relation to their own values, personality & lifestyle
CH. 4 ENVIRONMENT/ SITUATION
all possible conditions affecting patients & the settings where they go for health care
CH. 4 NURSING
care of individuals of all ages/communities, sick or well & in all settings.
CH. 4 GRAND THEORIES
structural framework for general, global ideas about nursing
CH. 4 MIDDLE-RANGE THEORIES
address a specific phenomenon & reflect practice
CH. 4 PRACTICE THEORIES
guide the nursing care of a specific patient population at a specific time
CH. 4 DESCRIPTIVE THEORIES
describe phenomena & identify circumstances in which the phenomena occur
CH. 4 PRESCRIPTIVE THEORIES
address nursing interventions for a phenomenon, guide practice change & predict consequences
CH. 4 SHARED THEORY
explain a phenomenon specific to the discipline that developed the theory
CH. 4 INPUT
data/info that comes from a patient’s assessment
CH. 4 OUTPUT
end product of a system (patient’s health status)
CH. 4 FEEDBACK
serves to inform a system about how it fuctions
CH. 4 CONTENT
the product & info obtained from the system
