Definition of Terms

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may apply to an image or formulation of something imagined
& visualized of something vaguely assumed, guessed at or
sensed.

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Ideas

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suggest an understanding acquired through learning or
investigation of what is known about a discipline’s subject matter

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Knowledge

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an aspect of reality that can be consciously
sensed or experience. an idea about a situation, a process, a group of events or a group of situations

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Phenomena

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a word or cluster of word describing an object, idea or event. the mental image of the phenomena rather than the actual physical
thing. the subject matter of theory; symbolic representations of things/ events of which phenomena are composed

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Concept

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ndependent of time or place; indirectly
observable

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Abstract concept

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specific to time & place & are observable

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Concrete concept

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Explains the relationships of different
concepts. An idea or plan suggested for
acceptance

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Proposition

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s composed of various descriptions which convey a
general meaning & reduces the vagueness in
understanding a concept

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Definition

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Is a statement that specifies the relationship or
connection of factual concepts or phenomena.

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Assumption

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epresentation of interaction among & between
concepts showing patterns

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Model

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(model) worded statements, a form closely related to
knowledge development

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Verbal model

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(Model) may be diagram,
drawings, graphs, or pictures that facilitate understanding

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Schematic model

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a testable relationship statement

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Hypothesis

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the application of systematic, scientific methods to study
phenomena & generate knowledge

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Research

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an organized and systematic articulation of a set
statements related to questions in the discipline of nursing

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Nursing Theory

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Greek word- “Theria”

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vision

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a formal statements that are constructed in order to
organize ideas & explain event. It is a short hand way of
solving research findings. systematic way of looking at the world in order to describe, explain, predict and control it. a group of related concepts that propose actions that guide practice.

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Theory

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is an organized system of accepted
knowledge that is composed of concepts,
propositions, definitions and assumptions
intended to explain a set of fact, event or
phenomena.

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THEORY

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(Use of Theory) it identifies the
focus, the goals & the means of practice

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Theory guides & improves nursing practice

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(Type f theory) Also known as Factor-Isolating Theories. They identify & describe major concepts of phenomena.
However they do not explain the relationship of the concepts.

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Descriptive Theory

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(Type f theory) Also known as Factor-Isolating Theories. They identify & describe major concepts of phenomena.
However they do not explain the relationship of the concepts.

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Descriptive Theory

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(Type of theory) Also known as Factor Relating Theories. Type of theory that present relationship among concepts &
propositions.

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Explanatory Theories

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Also known as Situation-Relating Theories. These type of theories are achieved when the relationship of
concepts under a certain
condition are able to describe future outcomes consistently. generated and tested using experimental
research.

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Predictive Theories

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Also called Situation-Producing Theories This kind of theory is commonly used in testing the
nursing interventions

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Prescriptive Theories

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validates & explains the different nursing management in the
emergency room in relieving anxiety among clients.

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Laurente’s Theory (1996)