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INTRODUCTION Flashcards

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A profession or practice of providing care for the sick.

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NURSING

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Protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations

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NURSING (ANA)

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a branch of educational instruction, or a department of learning or knowledge.

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DISCIPLINE

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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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Component of a theory: Explains why the theory was formulated & specifies the context and situations in which it should be applied; usually explicitly described & should be found within the discussion of the theory

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PURPOSE

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Component of a theory: Building blocks of a theory; Ideas, mental images of a phenomenon, an event or object that is derived from an individual`s experience & perception; Assist us in formulating a mental image about an object or situation; Labels or names a phenomenon

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CONCEPTS

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Classificaton of concept: Identify categories or classes of a phenomenon
E.g. patient , nurse, environment

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DISCRETE

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Classification off concept: Allows the classifications of dimensions
Classifications of an observation or a phenomenon across a continuum
E.g. temperature, pain

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CONTINUOUS

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Component of a theory:Give meaning to concepts, make them clearer & more understandable in a manner that fits the theory
Also describe the activity necessary to measure the constructs, relationships or variables within a theory (Chinn & Kramer, 2004).

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DEFINITIONS

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Types of definition: Refers to the accepted meaning of the term already used like definitions in dictionaries

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DESCRIPTIVE/CONCEPTUAL

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Types of definition: Refers to the specific use or definition of terms within the theory

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OPERATIONAL/STIPULATIVE

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Component of a theory: Expressions of relational statements between and among concept; Represents the Theorist`s particular views in which concepts fit together; Provide links and connections between and among concepts
Can be expressed as statements, paradigm or figure

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PROPOSITIONS

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Component of a theory: The accepted truths that are basic and fundamental to the theory; otations that are taken to be true without proof
May be in a form of factual assertions or they may reflect value positions

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ASSUMPTIONS

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assumptions known through experience

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Factual

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assumptions that imply what is right, good or ought to be

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Value

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Is an aspect of reality that can be consciously sensed or experienced.
Nursing theories focus on the phenomena of nursing & nursing care.

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PHENOMENON

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CHARACTERISTICS OF A THEORY

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Systematic, Logical & Coherent
Creative Structuring of Ideas
Tentative in Nature

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Are organized bodies of knowledge used to define what nursing is, what nurses do & the reason why nurses do it.
Provides a way to define nursing as a unique discipline that is separate from other disciplines
It is a framework of concepts & purposes intended to guide the practice of nursing at a more concrete & specific level.

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NURSING THEORIES

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3 MAJOR CATEGORIES/CLASSIFICATION OF NURSING THEORIES

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Grand Theory
Middle-Range Theory
Practice –Level Theory

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Complex & broadest in scope
Focus on general, non specific and abstract concepts– concepts are lack of operational definitions & are not directly amenable for testing, thus requiring further research for clarification
Can be used in a variety of settings & populations

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GRAND NURSING THEORIES

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More limited in scope as compared to grand theories
Concepts & propositions are at the lower level of abstraction
Addresses a specific phenomenon in nursing
Based on the works of the grand theorist that can be accepted in research, nursing practice or other disciplines.

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MIDDLE-RANGE NURSING THEORIES

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Theories/ situations that are narrow in scope & focuses on a specific patient population at a specific time.
Provides frameworks for nursing interventions & suggest outcomes of nursing practice
Theories developed at this level has more direct effect on nursing practice as compared to more abstract theories.

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PRACTICE-LEVEL NURSING THEORIES

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