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1
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it is the dynamic skills and methods in assisting the sick and well individual in their recovery and in the promotion and maintenance of health.

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Nursing as an art

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Nursing as an art involves _______ application of knowledge in the service of the people.

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creative

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It is the body of abstract knowledge arrived through _______ and ________ analysis

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  1. Nursing as a science
  2. scientific research
  3. logical
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It is a calling in which its members profess to have acquired a ________ by _____ so that they may guide, advise, or save others in that special field.

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  1. Nursing as a profession
  2. special knowledge
  3. training or experience
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What are the foundations of nursing?

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  1. education
  2. research
  3. clinical practice
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  1. What foundation of knowledge?
  2. _____ gives meaning to knowledge to improve practice by 3. _____, 4. ______, 5. _______ phenomena
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  1. Education
  2. theory
  3. describing
  4. explaining
  5. predicting
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Nursing theory should lead itself to 2._______
and 3. _______ should lead to knowledge that guides 3._______

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  1. Research
  2. research testing
  3. research testing
  4. practice
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A nurse’s power is increased through? 2.
________ systematically developed methods guide 3.________ and 4. ________ in professional practice and they are more likely to be successful.

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  1. Clinical Practice
  2. theoretical knowledge
  3. critical thinking
  4. decision making
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  1. _____ is a set of statements that tentatively 2. ______, 3. _______, 4._______ relationships among concepts that have been systematically selected and organized as an abstract representation of some phenomenon.
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  1. theory
  2. describe
  3. explain
  4. predict
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10
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group of concepts derived from nursing models

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Nursing Theory

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a body of knowledge that describes or explains nursing and us used to support nursing practice

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Nursing theory

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What are the different types of theory definitions?

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DEFINITIONS FOCUSING ON
1. Structure
2. Practice Goals
3. Tentativeness
4. research
5. developing and connecting concepts and the use of theory in practice as well as research
6. progression from conceptual framework to theory

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Logically interrelated sets of confirmed hypothesis

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McKay (1969)
Theory based on structure

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A conceptual system or framework invented for some purpose.

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Dickoff and James

Theory based on Practice Goals

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In practice goals, theory is defined in terms of ______

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conceptual framework

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The source of nursing theory is not ______ but _______, and that existing conceptualizations are indeed nursing theories

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Barnum

What is but what ought to be

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Barnum asserts that quibbling over 1.______, 2._______, 3._______ and so forth are mere splitting of hairs

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labels of theory
2. concepts
3. framework

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A coherent set of hypothetical, conceptual, and pragmatic principles form a general frame of reference for a field of inquiry

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Ellis
Theory based on RESEARCH

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Using theory in practice and research, and it does not restrict theory to research-verified propositions.

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Chinn and Kramer
Definition of Theory based on Developing and connecting concepts and the use of theory in practice as well as research

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One or more relatively concrete and specific concepts that are derived from 2. ________ the propositions that narrowly describe these concepts, and the propositions that state relatively concrete and specific relations between two or more of the concepts.

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Definitions of theory based on progression from conceptual framework to theory

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What are the roots of Nursing theory?

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Anthropology
Psychiatry
Sociology

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study of human and human behavior

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anthropology

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diagnosis and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders

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psychiatry

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24
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study of the functioning of human society

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sociology

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subject matter of the discipline

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Phenomena

26
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a complex mental idea or phenomenon

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concept

27
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It is the major component of theory and its labels is used to identify ohenomena

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concept

28
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What are the two types of concepts?

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  1. abstract
  2. concrete
29
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are independent of time or place and they are indirectly observable

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abstract concept
ex. hope

30
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specific to time and place and are observable
in nursing, the four metaparadigms

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concrete

31
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these are statements that form the bases for defining concepts and framing propositions

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assumptions

32
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assumptions are accepted as _____ and they represent _____ and _____

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  1. truths
  2. values
  3. beliefs
33
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contains the subject matter of the discipline

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domain

34
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it is a branch of philosophy that focuses on reflection and investigations about the nature and foundation of knowledge

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epistemology

35
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the discipline that provides the logical tools to analyze the nature of basic and fundamental categories

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ontology

36
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in nursing to mean a study and critical analysis of the core of beings

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ontology

37
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implementation of findings from the most recent investigations for the purpose of providing quality care

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evidence-based practice

38
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worded statements, a form closely related to knowledge development

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39
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explains using schema, symbols or visualization

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schematic

40
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a set of interrelated concepts that symbolically represents and conveys a mental image of a phenomenon

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conceptual framework/model

41
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a basic structure developed to organize a number of concepts that are focused on a particular set of questions

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Theoretical framework

42
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Differentiate theory and framework or models

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Theory-answers the questions
Framework or models- provide direction for research projects and to REPRESENT THEORIES

43
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used to denote the prevailing schema or approaches within a discipline, shared by scientific community

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paradigm

44
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includes the shared commitments of the community of scholars, its shared symbolic generalizations, and its exemplars, which are the shared problems and solutions in the discipline

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Disciplinary Matrix

45
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most abstract level of knowledge

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metaparadigm

46
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it specifies the main concepts that encompasses the subject matter and the scope of the discipline

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metaparadigm

47
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presenting ideas succinctly, under the premise that explanations should be clearest when made using the fewest statements

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Parsimony

48
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Principle of economy to avoid redundancy

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parsimony

49
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next level of knowledge

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philosophy

50
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specifies the definition of the metaparadigm concepts in each of the conceptual model of nursing

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Philosophy

51
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theories that is formalized from philosophies like Nightingales’, Watson, and Benner

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Philosophy

52
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allow for action, activity, development, and constant dynamic changes but most importantly, on the dialectic relationship between theory, action and critical reflection

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praxis

53
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a unified body of knowledge about phenomena that iss upported by agreed-on evidence

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science

54
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includes disciplinary questions and provides answers to questions that are central to the discipline
in nursing, it talks about diseases

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science

55
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redundancies, repetitions and circular statements are described as tautological

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tautology

56
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branch of philosophy that deals with ends or consequences

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teleology

57
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postulates that the purpose of any action must be understood in terms of final causes
-an inquiry into the consequences of the phenomenon being studied

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teleology

58
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basic generalizations that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
- a general scientific theorem or law that has numerous special applications across a wide field

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principles

59
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What are the criteria in evaluating a theoretical framework?

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  1. clarity
  2. simplicity
  3. generality
  4. empirical precision
  5. derivable consequences
60
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IDENTIFY WHAT CRITERIA IS THE STATEMENT BELOW.

  1. the scope of concepts and goals within the theory are examined
  2. the major concepts, subconcepts, and their definitions are identified
  3. nursing theory guides research and practice, generates new ideas, and differentiate the focus of nursing from other professions
  4. the diagrams and examples may facilitate clarity and should be consistent
  5. should be sufficiently comprehensive and at a level of abstraction to provide guidance but it should have as few concepts as possible with simplistic relations to aid clarity
  6. the logical development should be clear and assumptions should be consistent with the theory goals
  7. the broader the scope, the greater the significance of the theory
  8. there should be a match between theoretical claims and empirical evidence
  9. theory should reveal what knowledge nurses must, and should send time pursuing
  10. there must be intersubjectivity (shared agreement)
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  1. Generality
  2. Clarity
  3. Derivable Consequence
  4. clarity
  5. simplicity
  6. clarity
  7. Generality
  8. empirical precision
  9. Derivable Consequence
  10. Clarity

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