Ch. 8: Evidence-Based Practice-MJ Flashcards
What is paradigm?
Worldview or ideology
What is a conceptual framework?
A set of concepts related to form a whole or pattern
What is an organized set of related ideas and concepts that assist us in finding meaning in our experiences, organizes our thinking around an idea, and develops new ideas and insights into the work we do?
Nursing theory
What are the components of theory?
Assumptions Phenomena Concepts Definitions Statements/propositions
Define: Statements about concepts or relationships between concepts that are usually taken for granted, not tested
Assumptions
Define: Aspects of reality that are observed or experienced
Phenomena
What is the mental image of phenomena?
Concept
What are general or specific statements of a meaning of a term/concept that sets forth that concepts characteristics
Definitions
Define: Taken as a whole, make up the theory
Statements/propositions
Nursing theories are developed by exploring through _____ and _____ reasoning. Inductive vs. deductive
Research and logical
When is theory used?
During practice, education, and research
Who are the theorists mentioned in the PPT?
Patricia Benner
Madeleine Leininger
Jean Watson
Florence Nightingale
What does Benner do?
Explains the difference between novice and expert in nursing; it comes with experience
What does Leininger do?
Her theory focuses on cultural competence
What does Watson’s theory focus on?
Patients needs mentally and physically to function
What does Nightingale’s theory focus on?
Clean and healthy environments including food, hygiene, and noise
What are some other non-nursing theories we will use as nurses?
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Basic Needs
Validation Theory
Stress and adaptation theory
Developmental theory
What is Maslow’s theory?
We must meet basic needs before we can move up to the next level
What is the Validation theory?
The best theory to explain the way to communicate with elderly demented patients
What does the stress and adaptation theory talk about?
A certain amount of stress can be good but too much causes distress
Why is the developmental theory useful?
Because it identifies norms and expectations at various stages of human development (what is appropriate for our particular patient
Define: An approach that uses scientific data in making decisions about nursing and medical practice
EBP
What is the goal of EBP?
To make the most effective judgement (and cost efficient) treatment for a particular disease or illness
