Potter & Perry Ch. 4 Vocab

Question 1

Perspective of a profession. It provides the subject, central concepts, values and beliefs, phenomena of interest, and central problems of a discipline.

Answer 1

Domain

Question 2

A pattern of thought that is useful in describing the domain of a discipline. It links the knowledge of science, philosophy, and theories accepted and applied by the discipline. It includes four links: the person, health, environment/situation, and nursing.

Answer 2

Paradigm

Question 3

Direct the activity of the nursing profession, including knowledge development, philosophy, theory, educational experience, research, and practice.

Answer 3

Nursing Paradigm

Question 4

The recipient of nursing care, including individual patients, groups, families, and communities.

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Person

Question 5

Has different meanings for each patient, the clinical setting, and the health care profession.

Answer 5

Health

Question 6

Includes all possible conditions affecting patients and the settings in which their health care needs occur.

Answer 6

Environment/situation

Question 7

The “…diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health problems…”

Answer 7

Nursing

Question 8

A conceptualization of some aspect of nursing that describes, explains, predicts, or prescribes nursing care.

Answer 8

Nursing Theory

Question 9

Contains a set of concepts, definitions, and assumptions or propositions that explain a phenomenon.

Answer 9

Theory

Question 10

The term, description, or label given to describe an idea or responses about an event, a situation, a process, a group of events, or a group of situations.

Answer 10

Phenomenon

Question 11

Can be simple or complex and relate to an object or event that comes from individual perceptual experiences.

Answer 11

Concepts

Question 12

The “taken-for-granted” statements that explain the nature of the concepts, definitions, purpose, relationships, and structure of a theory.

Answer 12

Assumptions

Question 13

Systematic and broad in scope, complex, and therefore require further specification through research.

Answer 13

Grand Theories

Question 14

More limited in scope and less abstract than Grand Theories.

Answer 14

Middle-Range Theories

Question 15

The first level of theory development. They describe phenomena, speculate on why they occur, and describe their consequences.

Answer 15

Descriptive Theories

Question 16

Address nursing interventions for a phenomenon, describe the conditions under which the prescription (i.e., nursing interventions) occurs, and predict the consequences. Prescriptive theories are action oriented and test the validity and predictability of a nursing intervention.

Answer 16

Prescriptive Theories

Question 17

Explains a systematic view of a phenomenon specific to the discipline of inquiry.

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Interdisciplinary Theory

Question 18

The data or information that comes from a patient’s assessment (e.g., how the patient inter- acts with the environment and the patient’s physiological function).

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Input

Question 19

The end product of a system; and in the case of the nursing process it is whether the patient’s health status improves, declines, or remains stable as a result of nursing care.

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Output

Question 20

Serves to inform a system about how it functions.

Answer 20

Feedback

Question 21

The product and information obtained from the system.

Answer 21

Content