Florence Nightingale - Environmental Theory Flashcards
What was Florence’s nickname
Lady With The Lamp
What war did Florence treat soldiers in
Crimean
What was Florence’s Theory
Environmental Theory
List the Eras of Nursing Knowledge and What were their years
Curriculum Era (1900-1940s)
Research Era (1950-1970s)
Graduate Education Era (1950-1970s)
Theory Era (1980-1990s)
Theory Utilization Era (21st century)
What is a set of concepts and propositions that provide an orderly way to view phenomena
A theory
List the 4 Components of Nursing Theories
Concepts
Relational Statement/Assumptions
Definitions
Phenomenon
What are used to help describe or label a phenomenon
Concepts
What are defines as mentally constructed independently of a specific time or place
Abstract Concepts
What are directly experiences and related to a particular time or place
Concrete Concepts
What conveys the general meaning of the concepts
Defintions
What defines a particular concepts based on the theorist’s perspective
Theoretical Defintion
What states how concepts are measured
Operational Definitions
What are statements that describe concepts
Assumptions
What are the aspects of reality that can be consciously sensed or experienced
Phenomenon
List the Purposes of Nursing Theories
- It guides nursing practice and generates knowledge
- It helps to describe explain nursing
- Enables nurses to know WHY they are doing WHAT they are doing.
List the 7 ways nurses use theory in everyday practice
- Organize patient data
- Understand patient data
- Analyze patient data
- Make decisions about nursing interventions
- Plan patient care
- Predict outcomes of care
- Evaluate patient outcomes
It is specific to academia and refers to a branch of education, a department of learning, or a domain of knowledge
Discipline
Refers to a specialized field of practice founded on the theoretical structure of the science or knowledge of the discipline and accompanying practice abilities
Profession
“Regards reason as the chief sources and test of knowledge” or any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification
Rationalisim
Theory that the origin of all knowledge is sensory experience. Emphasizes the role of experience and evidence
Empiricism
What is the difference between Rationalism and Empiricism
Rationalism holds that reason is the source of all knowledge.
Empiricism advocates that senses are the source of all knowledge
What are the 12 Major areas of environment that a nurse could control
- Health of Houses
- Ventilation and warming
- Light
- Noise
- Variety
- Bed and bedding
- Cleanliness of rooms and walls
- Personal cleanliness
- Nutrition and taking food
- Chattering hopes and advices
- Observation of the sick
- Petty Management
Anything that can be manipulated to place a patient in the best possible condition for nature to act. Emphasized that nursing was to assist nature in healing the patient
Environment
Referred to the person as a “patient”. Nurses performed tasks to and for the patient and controlled the patients environment to enhance recovery
Person
