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Nursing Theories

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  • organized bodies of knowledge
  • define nursing as a unique discipline
  • framework of concepts and purposes
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Philosophy

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beliefs and values that define a way of thinking

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Theory

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a belief, policy, or procedure proposed

  • logical group of general proposition
  • describe, predict, or control phenomena
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Concept

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building blocks of theories

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Models

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representations of the interaction among and between the concepts showing patterns

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When did the first nursing theories appeared?

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late 1800s

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Florence Nightingale

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  • 1860
  • Environmental Theory
  • the act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery
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What happened in the 1950s?

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there is a consensus among nursing scholars that nursing needed to validate itself

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Hildegard Peplau

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  • 1952
  • Theory of Interpersonal Relations
  • puts emphasis on the nurse-client relationship
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Virginia Henderson

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  • 1955
  • conceptualize the nurse’s role as assisting sick or healthy individuals to gain indolence in meeting 14 fundamental needs
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Faye Abdellah

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  • 1960
  • Typology of 21 Nursing Problems
  • shifted the focus of nursing from a disease-centered to a patient-centered approach
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Ida Jean Orlando

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  • 1962

- emphasized the reciprocal relationship between patient and nurse

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Dorothy Johnson

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  • 1968
  • Behavioral System Model
  • upheld the fostering of efficient and effective behavioral functioning in the patient
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Martha Rogers

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  • 1970

- viewed nursing as both a science and art

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Dorothea Oremstates

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  • 1971

- nursing care is required if the client is unable to fulfill biological, psychological, developmental, and social needs

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Imogene King

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  • 1971
  • Theory of Goal Attainment
  • nurse is considered a part of the patient’s environment
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Betty Newman

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  • 1972
  • many needs exist, each may disrupt client balance or stability
  • stress reduction is the goal
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Sr. Callista Roy

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  • 1979

- viewed the individual as a set of interrelated systems

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Jean Watson

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  • 1979
  • Philosophy of Caring
  • humanistic aspects of nursing
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Academic Discipline

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explain the fundamental implications of the profession and to enhance the status of the profession

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In Research

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  • development of theory is fundamental
  • improve the nursing profession’s ability to meet the social duties and responsibilities
  • help connect the perceived “gap” between theory
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In Profession

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facilitate of reflecting, questioning, and thinking about what nurses do

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Purposes of Nursing Theories

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  • Academic Discipline
  • In Research
  • In Profession
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Classification of Nursing Theories

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  • Grand Nursing Theories
  • Middle-Range Nursing Theories
  • Practice-Level Nursing Theories
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Abstraction

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classifies nursing theories by level

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Grand Nursing Theories

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  • abstract, broad in scope, and complex
  • provide a general framework and ideas
  • based on their own experiences and the time they were living
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Middle-Range Nursing Theories

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  • more limited in scope and present concepts and propositions at a lower level
  • nursing scholars proposed using this level of theory
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Practice-Level Nursing Theories

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  • narrow in scope, focuses on a specific patient population at a specific time
  • interrelated with concepts from middle-range theories and grand theories
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Structure of Nursing Knowledge

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  • Person
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Nursing
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Person

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  • client or human beings

- recipient of nursing care

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Environment

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internal and external surrounds that affect the client

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Health

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degree of wellness or well-being

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Nursing

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attributes, characteristics, and actions of the nurse providing care

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Components of Nursing Theories

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  • Phenomenon
  • Concepts
  • Definitions
  • Relational Statements
  • Assumptions
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Phenomenon

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describe an idea or response about an event

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Concepts

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help describe or label a phenomenon

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Two types of Concepts

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  • Abstract Concepts

- Concrete Concepts

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Abstract Concepts

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mentally constructed

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Concrete Concepts

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directly experienced and related to a particular time or place

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Definitions

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convey the general meaning of the concepts

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Two types of Definitions

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  • Theoretical Definitions

- Operational Definitions

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Theoretical Definitions

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based on the theorist’s perspective

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Operational Definitions

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how concepts are measured

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Relational Statements

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define the relationships between two or more concepts

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Assumptions

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accepted as truths and are based on values and beliefs

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Descriptive Theories

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  • first level of theory development

- describe the phenomenon and identify its properties

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Two Types of Descriptive Theories

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  • Factor-Isolating Theory

- Explanatory Theory

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Factory-Isolating Theory

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category-formulating or labeling theory

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Founder of Modern Nursing and Pioneer of the Environmental Theory

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Florence Nightingale

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Stated that nursing “ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and
the proper selectiozn and administration of diet – all at the least expense of vital power to the
patient.”

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Florence Nightingale

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She pioneered the Philosophy and Theory of Transpersonal Caring

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Jean Watson

52
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The central to nursing practice and promotes health better than a simple medical cure

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