Quiz 4- Knowledge dissemination & theorists Flashcards
hallmark of nursing practice
unique body of knowledge combined with a set of principles that guide the application of knowledge to the context
aim of nursing theory
to organize knowledge about nursing to enable nurses to use it in a professional & accountable manner
definition of a theory
purposeful set of assumptions/propositions that identify the relationships between concepts
- provide a systematic view of explaining, predicting & prescribing phenomena
- nursing theories usually not propositional, they reflect conceptualization of nursing for the purpose of describing explaining or prescribing care
- constitute one aspect of disciplinary knowledge & create vital linkages to how inquiry is approached
- provide perspective from which to view client situations, a way to organization data & a method of analyzing & interpreting info to bring about coherent & informed practice
- human interventions
- guide our actions, help us set forth desirable outcomes
- give evidence to what has been achieved
what did conceptual frameworks do
organized core nursing concepts & proposed a relationship between these concepts “mental maps
conceptual frameworks purpose
to make sense of information & knowledge & information & decisional process thats a nurse needs to apply knowledge into practice
can nursing theories be proved or disproved with empirical devices?
no they represent ideas about how nurses might organize knowledge & processes of applying it
what is a concept
a mental formulation of objects or events, representing the basic way in which ideas are organized & communicated
ex. Anxiety
what is a conceptualization
the process of forming concepts
ex. Framing behaviour patterns as anxiety related
what is an operational definition
a description of concepts said i na way that can be applied to decision making. Links concepts with other concepts & theories & often includes essential properties & distinguishing features of a concept.
ex. Differentiating the measurement of state & trait of anxiety
what is a theory
a purposeful set of assumptions/ propositions about a concept: shows relationship between concept & thereby provides a systematic view of phenomena so that they can be explained, prescribed or predicted.
Ex. Social determinants of health
what is an assumption
a description of concepts or connection of 2 concepts that are accepted as factual or true. Ideas about the nature & purpose of concepts & structure of a theory
Ex. “Nursing exists to serve a social mandate”
what is a preposition
a declarative assertion
ex. “ clients who receive appropriate nursing care have better health outcomes”
what is a phenomenon
an aspect of reality that can be consciously sensed or experienced. Nursing concepts & theory represent the theoretical approach to making sense of aspect of reality concerned with nursing.
ex. Pain
what is a theoretical model
mental representation of how things work
ex. Biopsychosocial model of health
what is a conceptual framework
the theoretical structure that links concepts together for a specific purpose. When it’s a purpose that shows that something works, it can also be described as a theoretical model. Link major nursing concepts & phenomena to direct nursing decision. (Also referred to as the nursing model or theories)
Ex. Orem’s self-care model of nursing
Who created the nursing process
Orlando
what do conceptual frameworks do
enable a nurse to grasp all aspects of a clinical situation within the larger context of available options for nursing care
what do nursing models attempt to do?
organize & synthesize knowledge about nursing so that they would be able to develop advanced clinical reasoning
what is a grand theory
Global, conceptual framework that provides insight into abstract phenomena such as human behaviour or nursing science.
- Broad scope & require further application through research before they can be fully tested.
- they aren’t intended to provide guidance toward specific nursing interventions. They provide structural framework to broad, abstract ideas
- sometimes called paradigm
what is a middle-range theory
encompasses more limited scope, less abstract.
-adresses specific phenomena or concepts & reflect practice. These concepts tend to cross different nursing fields & reflect a variety of nursing care situations. Broad enough to be used in complex situations & also empirical testing
what is a descriptive theory
describes phenomena, speculates on why phenomena occur. Descriptive theories are designed not to direct specific nursing activities but to help explain client assessments & quite research
What is a prescriptive theory
addresses nursing interventions & helps predict the consequences of specific intervention.
- should designate nursing intervention (prescription) the condition under which the prescription should occur & the consequences
- prescriptive theories are ACTION ORIENTED
- test of validity & predictability of nursing intervention.
- These theories guide nursing research & develpe & test certain interventions
What is a nursing practice theory
- Most limited scope of practice for use in a specific range of situations.
- more direct impact on nursing
- frameowkrs for intervention & predict outcomes.
- Should still reflect concepts of more abstract level of nursing
- Day to day nursing experience is a major source
What do kuhn do
challenged traditional notion of science as a logical progression of discoveries, arguing that major scientific developments occuron only when scientist through the problems in a radically new way. Creative thinking leading to new understandings
what is chaos theory
predictable patterns occurred in factors that could not be predicted scientifically (new approach to complex situations)
- rejected simple cause & effect relationship
- dynamic & interactive phenomena are reduced to the smallest properties that can be observed within their natural context so that their interaction can be interpreted with as little inference as possible
Nursing ways of knowing
Empirical sciences Ethical personal aesthetic sociological emancipatory critical thinking
problem with NANDA
worrisome barriers to individualized care b/c of relies entirely on agreement of what constitutes average wellness & illness experience
Nightingale
- Pracitce observations, epidemiology
- Creating an environment conductive to healing
- conditions necessary to promote health
henderson
basic human needs
- assisting the individual, sick or well to perform those acticvieis that they would perform unaided given the strength, will or knowledge
- 14 basic needs
travelbee
existential philosophy
- preventing, coping with & making meaning of illness & suffering
- interpersonal process
- view pt. as family & community
- role of nurse: assist pt. to prevent & cope with this experience of an illness, suffering & to find meaning in this experience
- communication & humanity
rogers
wassermann energy fields
-Focus on unitary or irreducible human being & environment as pan-dimensional energy fields
johnson
chin’s theory of behavioural systems
- Maintaining stability & balance through adjustments and adaptations to the forces that impinge on them
- systems theory
orem
philosophy of human capacity
- Maintaining capacity for self care
- nursing role temporary
Neuman
- Open system affected by intrapersonal, interpersonal & extra personal stressors
- addressing variables affecting the clients response to stressors