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are the creative products of nurses who seek (or sought) to thoughtfully describe the many aspects of nursing in ways that could be studied, evaluated, and used by other nurses.

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Nursing theories

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are people who are or have been nurses, have thought deeply about how one might describe the phenomenon of nursing, and then have tried in their own way, from their own perspective, to record their thoughts and observations based on professional and personal experiences

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Nurse theorists

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Helps us to organize our thoughts and ideas.

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Theory

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A set of concepts, definitions, relationships, and assumptions that project a systematic view of phenomena.

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Theory

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It may consist of one or more relatively specific and more concrete concepts and propositions that purport to account for, or organize some phenomenon (Barnum, 1988)

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Theory

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gives planners tools for moving beyond intuition to design and evaluate health behavior and health promotion interventions based on understanding of behavior (Robert T. Croyle (2005)

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Theory

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He said that theory may consist of one or more relatively specific and more concrete concepts and propositions that purport to account for, or organize some phenomenon

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Barnum, 1988

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According to him, theory gives planners tools for moving beyond intuition to design and evaluate health behavior and health promotion interventions based on understanding of behavior

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Robert T. Croyle (2005).

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The components of a theory

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concepts, definitions, assumptions, phenomenon, propositions

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ideas and mental images that help describe phenomena (Alligood and Marriner Tomey, 2002).

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Concepts

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Building blocks of a theory.

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Concepts

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types of concepts

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empirical, inferential, abstract

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Knowledge derived from investigation, observation, experimentation, or experience (e.g. justice, beauty, truth)

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Empirical concepts

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indirectly observable concepts (e.g. pain, dyspnea, temperature)

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Inferential concepts

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concepts that are not clearly observable directly and indirectly; aka non observable concepts (e.g. social support, personal role, and self- esteem)

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Abstract concepts

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convey the general meaning of the concepts

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Definitions

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statements that describe concepts.

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Assumptions

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aspect of reality that can be consciously sensed or experienced (Meleis, 1997)

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Phenomenon

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describe the relationship or connection that exist among the concepts of the theory. A statement that proposes a relationship between concepts, and represents the theorists view of which concepts fit together.

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Propositions

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A model that explains the linkages of science, philosophy, and theory accepted and applied by the discipline (Alligood and Marriner – Tomey, 2002)

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Paradigm

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The view or perspective of the discipline.

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Domain

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It contains the subject, central concepts, values and beliefs, phenomena of interest, and the central problems of the discipline

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Domain

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How does domain relate to nursing theory?

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Nursing has identified its domain in a paradigm that includes four linkages: Person/ Client, Health, Environment, Nursing

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the one receiving nursing care

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person/client

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the part of the health-illness continuum where the person is at the time of interaction

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health

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place where the person exists

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environment

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nursing actions

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nursing

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Types of Nursing Theories

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Grand theories, Middle range theories, Descriptive theories, Prescriptive theories

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Type of nursing theory that is broad and complex

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Grand theories

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type of nursing theory that address specific phenomena and reflect practice

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Middle range theories

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Type of nursing theory that is the 1st level of theory development

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Descriptive theories

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type of nursing theory that address nursing interventions and predict their consequences

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Prescriptive theories

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Why on earth do we study nursing theory?

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Everyday practice enriches theory

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Why on earth do we study nursing theory?

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Both practice and theory are guided by values

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Why on earth do we study nursing theory?

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Theory can close gap between theory and and beliefs

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Why on earth do we study nursing theory?

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Helps to reframe our thinking about nursing research

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Why on earth do we study nursing theory?

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Guides use of ideas and techniques

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Why on earth do we study nursing theory?

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To envision potentialities (Gordon, Parker & Jester,2001)

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So how do nurses use theory in everyday practice?

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• Organize, understand and analyze patient data
• Make decisions about nursing interventions
• Plan patient care
• Predict outcomes of care
• Evaluate patient outcome (Alligood, 2001)

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two very important questions you ask yourself

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✔ What is the nature of knowledge needed for the practice of nursing?
✔ What does it mean to me to practice nursing?

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It describes how to break whole things into parts & then to learn how the parts work together in “systems”. These concepts may be applied to different kinds of systems, e.g. Molecules in chemistry, cultures in sociology, and organs in Anatomy & Health in Nursing

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General System Theory

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It defines adaptation as the adjustment of living matter to other living things & to environmental conditions.

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Adaptation Theory

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a continuously occurring process that effects change & involves interaction & response

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Adaptation

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Human adaptation occurs on three levels

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The internal ( self);
the social (others); and
The physical (biochemical reactions)

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It outlines the process of growth & development of humans as orderly & predictable, beginning with conception & ending with death.

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Developmental Theory

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Four concepts common in nursing theory that influence & determine nursing practice are

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The person (patient).
The environment
Health
Nursing (goals, roles, functions)

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The most important of the four concepts. The focus of nursing, regardless of definition or theory

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person.

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