THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING

Question 1

set of concepts to explain a phenomenon

Answer 1

Theory

Question 2

Pattern

Answer 2

Paradigm

Question 3

4 Metaparadigms of Nursing

Answer 3

▪️Person - Most important because knowing the client will
make your nursing care individualized, holistic, ethical, and
humane.
▪️Health
▪️Environment
▪️ Nursing

Question 4

Concepts of Man

Answer 4

Man is a bio-psychosocial and spiritual being who is in
constant contact with the environment.
 Man is an open system in constant interaction with a
changing environment.
 Man is a unified whole composed of parts, which are
interdependent and interrelated with each other.
 Man is composed of parts, which are greater than and
different from the sum of all his parts.

Question 5

Man is composed of subsystems and suprasystems.

Answer 5

o Subsystem (within) Example: biological,
psychological, emotional.
o Suprasystem (outside) Example: Family,
community, population