Test 1

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Assumption

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Statements that are taken for granted or considered true, even though they have not been scientifically tested

Question 1

Abstract

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Idea that focuses on more general things

Question 2

Concept

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Abstractly describe and names an object, idea, or phenomenon, thus providing it with a separate identity or meaning

Question 3

Conceptual definition

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More comprehensive than a debit active (or dictionary) definition and includes associated meanings the word may have

Question 4

Conceptual model

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Broadly explains phenomena of interest, expresses assumptions, and reflects philosophical stance

Question 5

Concrete

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Refers to realities or actual instances–it focuses on particular, rather than the general

Question 6

Constructs

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Concept that have very general meanings

Question 7

Existence statement

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Declares that a given concept exists or that a given relationship between concepts occurs

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Framework

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Abstract, logical structure of meaning, such as a portion of theory, that guides the development of the study, is tested in the study, and enables the researcher to link the findings to nursing’s body of knowledge

Question 9

Implicit framework

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Rudimentary ideas for the framework of a theory or portions of a theory expressed in an introduction or in a literature review in which linkages among variables found in previous studies are discussed

Question 10

Map or model

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Used to graphically show the interrelationships of the concepts and relational statements

Question 11

Middle range theories

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Are less abstract and narrower in scope than conceptual models. These types of theories focus on answering particular practice questions and often specify such factors as patients health conditions, family situations, and nursing actions

Question 12

Phenomenon

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Is occurrence or a circumstance that is observed, something that impress the observers as extraordinary, or a thing that appears to and is constructed by the mind

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Philosophical stance

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Specific philosophical view held by a person or group of people

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Philosophies

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Rational intellectual explorations of truth or principles of being, knowledge , or conduct

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Practice theories

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Even more specific than the middle range theories. They are designed to theoretically propose specific approaches to particular nursing practice

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Propositions

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(Relational statements) can be expressed at various levels of abstraction

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Relational statements

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Clarifies the type of relationship that exists btw or among concepts

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Scientific theory

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Theory that has been repeatedly tested through research w valid and reliable methods of measuring each concept and relational statements

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Statements

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Express claims that are important to the theory

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Substantive theory

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Theory recognized within a discipline as useful for explain important phenomena

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Tentative theory

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Theory that is newly proposed, has had minimal exposure to critique by scholars in the discipline, and had undergone little testing

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Theory

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Integrated set of defined concepts and statements that present a view of a phenomenon and can be used to describe, explain, predict, and control that phenomenon

Question 23

Variables

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Concrete level these are narrower in their definitions