nursing theories/ metaparadigm

Question 1

nursing theory

Answer 1

conceptual frameworks that provide the principle that underpin practice, serve to validate it self through the production of its own scientifically tested body of knowledge, analyze and explain what nurses do

Question 2

metaparadigm concepts

Answer 2

1. client and person
2. Environment
3. Health
4. Nursing

Question 3

1. person (metaparadigm)

Answer 3

recipient of nursing care and may include individual, patient, group, family, community

Question 4

2. environment

Answer 4

environment or situation is defined as the internal and external surrounds that affect the client

Question 5

3. Health

Answer 5

degree of wellness or well being that the client experiences

Question 6

4. nursing

Answer 6

attributes, characteristics, and actions of the nurse providing care on behalf of or in conjunction with the client

Question 7

types of nursing theories

Answer 7

grand
middle range
descriptive
prescriptive

Question 8

grand nursing theories

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structural framework these look at nursing through a broad lens and are applicable to all areas of nursing not measured empirically

• trans cultural nursing (madeleine leininger)
• philosophy and theory of transpersonal caring (jean watson)
• roy adaption model (sister callista roy)

Question 9

middle range theories

Answer 9

specific aspects in nursing
bridge the gap between grand and nursing practice
-novice to expert (patricia benner)
-carpers ways of knowing (barbara carper)

Question 10

nursing practice theories

Answer 10

descriptive and prescriptive theories, specific parts of the job, nursing interventions and the impact of nursing

Question 11

descriptive and prescriptive theories

Answer 11

practice level theories

Question 12

benner’s novice to expert

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stage 1- novice
stage 2- advanced beginner
stage 3- competent
stage 4- proficient
stage 5- expert

Question 13

carpers patterns of knowing

Answer 13

empiric
ethic
personal
esthetics
sociopolitical or emancipatory