STRUCTURE OF NURSING KNOWLEDGE Flashcards
Relates to the act of providing care to those who are ill
Nursing
What does the Latin word “nurtrire” mean?
to nourish
Nurse comes from the Latin word _______ meaning?
“Nutrix” meaning nursing mother
Both a science an art that is concerned with the quality of life as defined by the clients
Nursing
What does ANA stand for?
American Nurses Association
Nurses is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health problems
American Nurses Association (ANA)
What does ICN mean?
International Council of Nurses
Nursing encompasses “autonomous and collaborative care of individuals…”
International Council of Nurses (ICN)
Nursing is to assist clients in the performance of activities contributing to health, its recovery or peaceful death….
Virginia Henderson
The initiation and/or performance of nursing services, singly or in collaboration with another…
R.A 9173- Phil Nursing Act of 2002
What does ADPCN stand for?
Association of Deans of the Philippine Colleges of Nursing (ADPCN)
Nursing is a dynamic discipline
ADPCN
An organized system of knowledge composed of concepts, propositions, definitions, assumptions intended to explain a set of fact, event or phenomena
Theory
A creative and rigorous structuring of ideas that projects a tentative, purposeful and systemic view of phenomena
Theory
A mental idea of a phenomenon
Concepts
- Comprehensive idea or generalization
- Idea that brings diverse elements into a basic relationship
- Unit of thought
Concepts
Unit of knowledge abstracted from a set of characteristics attributed to a class of objects
Concepts
An idea formulated by the mind or an experience perceived and observed
Concepts
Explains the relationship of different concepts
Propositions
Composed of various descriptions which convey a general meaning and reduces the vagueness in understanding a set of concepts
Definitions
A statement that specifies the relationship or connection of factual concepts or phenomena
Assumptions
Sets of empirical data or experiences that can be physically observed or tangible, such as crying or grimacing when in pain
Phenomenon
Who said “A theory, by traditional definition, is an organized, coherent set of concepts and their relationship to each other…”
Parker 2001
Who said “A theory is a set of concepts, definitions, relationships and assumptions that projects a systematic view of phenomena.”
Potter 2004
Who said “It is a reasoned proposed explanation of an occurrence, or of something that will occur or be produced, for which absolute proof is lacking.”
Blackwell (2005)
Who said “A theory is a set of concepts and propositions that provide an early way to view phenomena.”
Delaune and Ladner (2006)