Structure Of Nursing Knowledge Flashcards
_____ refers to the components that are whole within themselves but also part of a larger whole
Knowledge Holarchy
The larger whole is ________ knowledge
Contemporary nursing
What are the five components in the Holarchy of Contemporary Nursing Knowledge?
- metaparadigm
- philosophies
- conceptual models
- theories
- methodologies for inquiry and practice
_____ is patterns or models used to show a clear relationship among the existing theoretical works in nursing.
nursing paradigm
____ is the most general statement of a discipline and functions as a framework in which the more restricted structures of conceptual models develop.
Metaparadigm
What are the four nursing metaparadigm concepts?
Nursing
Person
Environment
Health
____ refers to the recipient of nursing care including physical, mental and social.
Person
____ refers to all the internal and external conditions, circumstances, and influences affecting the person.
Environment
____ refers to the degree of wellness or illness experienced by the person
Health
_____ refers to the actions, characteristics, and attributes of the individual providing the nursing care
Nursing
_____ is an attitude toward life and reality that evolves from each nurses’ belief
Philosophy in nursing
What are the significance of philosophy for nursing?
- to achieve intellectual enlightenment
- the individual is afforded an opportunity to exercise both understanding and value judgements
- sciences benefit from philosophy essentially because philosophy governs their methods through logic and ethics
_____ is the approach to philosophy development that is imposed by the managerial system and is a reflection of organizational beliefs, which are not necessarily applicable to the nursing care.
Top-down approach
____ is the approach to philosophy development where people will have to use the philosophy who are involved in writing it.
Bottom-up approach
