Middle Range Flashcards
Middle Range Theory if the purpose of the work is to?
Describe, explain, predict concrete and specific phenomena
What are the steps in making the Middle Range Theory?
Create the conceptual model
Derive the middle range theory
Identify empirical indicators
Identify empirically testable hypotheses
What are the four kinds middle range theories?
Descriptive
Explanatory
Predictive
Prescriptive
Middle range theory is supported strongly by?
empirical data
According to Ramona T. Mercer, Maternal Role Attainment Theory is a framework to provide appropriate health care interventions for __________ in order for them to successfully adopt a strong ________
nontraditional mothers
maternal identity
What are the major components of a mothering role?
- Attachment to the infant
- Gaining competence in mothering behaviors
- Expressing gratification in maternal-infant interactions
Ramona T. Mercer borrowed its theory from?
Transition Theory
Mercer stated that a woman who becomes a mother should do the following?
Recognizing the permanency of the required change
seek out information
seek role models
test herself for competency
What are the four stages of Acquisition in the Maternal Attainment theory?
Anticipatory STAGE
formal STAGE
informal STAGE
personal STAGE
The __________ also occurs and increases with infant development and maternal role identity
Father’s role identity
The ________ of mother, father (or significant other) and infant is an important concept added to the larger model
interaction
This stage begins during pregnancy and includes SOCIAL and PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENTS to pregnancy
Anticipatory Stage
In anticipatory stage, expectations of the ________ are explored
maternal role
What happens in the first two weeks after giving birth?
acquaintance, practice, and physical restoration
This stage begins with the birth of the infant and includes recovery from birth
Formal Stage
In this stage the woman learns from others in the role or from professionals and replicates their behavior
Formal Stage
This stage begins as the woman structures MATERNAL ROLE to fit herself based on the past experiences and future goals
Informal Stage
What happens after 2 weeks to 4 months after giving birth?
Approaching normalization
In informal stage, woman learns ________ and develops her own unique style of mothering
infant cues
What happens after 4 months and beyond of giving birth?
integration of maternal identity
This stage begins as the woman integrates 1.______ into her 2. ______, internalizes the role, and views herself as a 3. _________
- mothering
- self-system
- competent mother
What is the last stage of maternal attainment?
Personal stage
What happens before or during giving birth?
commitment and preparation pregnancy
is an interactional and developmental process occurring overtime in which the mother becomes attached to her infant, acquires competence in caretaking tasks involved in the role, and express pleasure and gratification in the role.
Maternal role attainment
is defined as having an internalized view of the set as a mother
Maternal Identity
is the woman’s perception of her performance during labor and birth
Perception of birth experience
is the individual’s perception of how others view oneself and self acceptance of the perceptions
Self-esteem
1.it is the overall perception of self
2. this may include?
- Self-concept
- self-satisfaction, acceptance, esteem, congruence or discrepancy between self and ideal self
are maternal attitudes or beliefs about child rearing
Child-rearing attitude
It refers to mother’s and father’s perception of their prior health, current health, health outlook, resistance-susceptibility to illness, health worry concern, sickness orientation and rejection of the sick role
health status
It is a trait in which there is a specific proness to perceive stressful situations as dangerous or threatening, and as a situation-specific state
Anxiety
refers to the individuals view of the activities and relationships between the family and its subsystems and broader social units
family functioning
contributes to the process of maternal role attainment in a way that cannot be duplication by any other person
the interaction helps diffuse the tension and facilitate maternal role attainment
Father or intimate partner
is the perception of the mate including intended and actual values, goals, agreements between the two
Mother-father relationship
The ________ of the infant develops within the EMOTIONAL FIELD of the parent’s relationship
maternal attachment
According to Ramona T. Mercer’s Maternal Role Attachment theory, nursing is a dynamic profession with three foci, what are these?
- health promotion and prevention of illness
- providing care for those who need professional assistance to achieve their optimal level of health and functioning
- research to enhance knowledge base for providing excellent nursing care
Person is also referred as?
self or core self
The _______ evolves from a cultural context and determines how situations are defined and shaped.
core self
What are the important factors in attainment of maternal role?
self-esteem and confidence
Is both influential and is influenced by both of them
mother
FAMILY HEALTH STATUS is affected negatively by?
antepartum stress
The ecological interacting environment in which maternal role attainment develops
environment
Based on Mercer’s Maternal Role attainment theory, it states that the devlopment of the roles lf the person cannot be considered apart from the environment, rather, there is 1. ________ between developing person and the changing properties of the 2. _________
- mutual accommodation
- immediate settings
Who is the theorist who developed the Uncertainty of Illness Theory?
Merle H. Mishel