TFN MIDTERMS Flashcards
Refers to a specialized field of practice founded on the theoretical structure of the science or knowledge of that discipline and accompanying practice abilities
Profession
Traditional Professions
Clergy
Law
Medicine
Characteristics of a Profession
- Defined and specialized knowledge base
- Control and authority over training and education
- Credentialing system or registration to ensure competence
- Altruistic service to society
- A code of ethics
- Formal training with institution of higher education
- Lengthy socialization to the profession
- Autonomy (control of professional activities)
a foundational belief system that guides nursing practice, scholarship, and research
Nursing Philosophy
specialized knowledge that focuses on the interconnectedness of humans, their environment, and health. This knowledge is embedded within the frameworks and theories of nursing
Nursing Science
Historical Eras of Nursing’s search for specialized knowledge
- Curriculum era
- Research era
- Graduate education
- Theory era
- Theory utilization
Develop specialized knowledge and higher education
Curriculum era (1900-1940s)
Isolated studies do not yield unified knowledge.
Research (1950-1970s)
Focus graduate education on knowledge development
Graduate education era (1950-1970s)
Theories guide nursing research and practice
Theory era (1980-1990s)
Nursing frameworks produce knowledge (evidence) for quality care
Theory utilization era (21st century)
an academia in school, a branch of education, a department of learning, or a domain of knowledge
Discipline
2 Components of a Discipline
- Structure
- Tradition
It represents the different ways of understanding and practicing nursing
Fundamental Patterns of Knowing in Nursing
Who developed the Fundamental Ways of Knowing in Nursing
Barbara Carper in 1978
4 Patterns of Knowledge in FPOKN
- Empirical Knowledge
- Esthetic Knowledge
- Personal Knowledge
- Ethics or Ethical Knowledge
Characteristics of Science
- Science must show a certain coherence
- Science is concerned with definite fields of knowledge
- Science is preferably expressed in universal statements
- The statement of science must be true or probably true
- The statements of science must be logically ordered
- Science must explain its investigations and arguments
Classifications of Science
- Natural Science
- Basic or Pure Science
- Human or Social Science
- Practice or Applied Science
“Study of problems that are ultimate, abstract, and general. These problems are concerned with the nature of existence, knowledge, morality, reason and human purpose.” (Teichman &Evans, 1999, p. 1).
Tries to discover knowledge and truth and attempts to identify what is valuable and important.
Philosophy
Belief that reason is superior to experience as a source of knowledge
Rationalism
Scientific knowledge can be derived only from sensory experience
Empiricism
Branches of Philosophy
- Metaphysics
- Ontology
- Cosmology
- Epistemology
- Logic
- Ethics or Axiology
- Esthetics
- Philosophy of sciences
- Political Philosophy
study of fundamental nature of reality and existence—general theory of reality
Metaphysics
study of theory of being (what is or what exists); how things originate, how humankind start; how did nursing science originate
Ontology
study of the physical universe
Cosmology
study of knowledge (ways of knowing, nature of truth, and relationship between knowledge and belief)
Epistemology