Chapter 2 Flashcards
is the most global perspective of a discipline.
metaparadigm
defined by Fawcett (2005, p. 4) “as the global concepts that identify the phenomenon of central interest to a discipline, the global propositions that describe the concepts, and the global propositions that state the relations between or among the concepts”
Metaparadigm
Metaparadigm of Nursing
-Human being or person
• Environment
• Health
• Nursing
individuals, families, communities, and other groups who are participants in nursing.
Human being or person
human being’s significant others and physical surroundings as well local, regional, national, and worldwide, cultural, social, political, and economic conditions that are associated with human being’s health.
Environment
human being’s significant others and physical surroundings as well local, regional, national, and worldwide, cultural, social, political, and economic conditions that are associated with human being’s health.
Environment
human processes of living and dying.
Health
the actions taken by the nurses on behalf of or in conjunctions with human beings, and the goals or outcomes of nursing action; the process of which encompasses activities that are referred to as assessment, diagnosis, (labeling), planning, intervention, and evaluation (Fawcett. 2005.
Nursing
broad and address general ideas about nursing. Because of their breadth, nursing philosophies contribute to the discipline by providing direction clarifying values, and forming a foundation for theory development.
Philosophies
are theoretical works that address one or more metaparadigm concepts (person, environment, health, nursing) and are of a philosophical nature. address questions such as the following (Alligood, 2005):
• What is nursing?
• What is the nature of human caring?
• What is the nature of nursing practice?
• What is the social purpose of nursing practice?
Philosophy
Also called Paradigms or Frameworks of abstract
Conceptual Models of Nursing
are composed of abstract and general concepts and propositions that provide a frame of reference for members of the discipline.
Conceptual Models
is specifically defined as a set of concepts and statements that integrate the concepts into a meaningful configuration (Lippitt, 1973; as cited in Fawcett, 1944).
Conceptual Models
are accepted as truth and represent the values and beliefs of the theory or concepts framework.
Assumptions
is a statement about a concept or a statement of the relation between two or more concepts (Fawcett, 2005).
Proposition
are models containing abstract concepts that are not directly observable and that are not limited to a particular type of patient, situation, or event (Fawcett, 2005, p. 16).
Conceptual Models of Nursing
also helps to provide consistency in nursing practice by facilitating communication and provides
mechanism for engaging in a systematic approach to nursing research, education and practice (Fawcett,
2005, р. 17-18).
Conceptual Models of nursing
more specific than a conceptual model (Alligood, 2010).
Nursing theory
is an organized, coherent and systematic articulation of a set of statements related to significant questions in a discipline that are communicated in a meaningful whole… discovered or invented for describing, predicting, or prescribing events, situations, conditions, or relationships” (Meleis, 2007, p.
Theory
The theory that is broad in scope and highly abstraet conceptually may be referred to as?
Grand Theory
the theory that has a narrow scope and is more concrete or practical may referred to as ___ (Fawcett, 2005, p. 19).
Middle-range theory
also generally include fewer concepts and propositions (Fawcett. 2005), represent a limited or partial view of nursing reality and are more appropriate for empirical testing (Liehr and Smith, 1999), and are more applicable to practice (Smith, 2008)
Middle Range Theory
Human beings, environment, health, nursing
Metaparadigm
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Philosophy
