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