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states that “Nursing encompasses
autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities,
sick or well and in all settings” Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness,
and the care of ill, disabled and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment,
research, participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health systems management,
and education are also key nursing roles

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The International Council for Nurses (ICN, 2002)

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states, ”nursing is the protection, promotion, and
optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering
through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of
individuals, families, communities, and populations”.

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  1. American Nurses Association (ANA)
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A person shall be deemed to be practicing nursing within the meaning of this
Act when he/she singly or in collaboration with another, initiates and performs nursing services
to individuals, families and communities in any health care setting.

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The Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 (RA 9173)

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Nursing is a “dynamic discipline. It is an art and a science of caring for individuals, families,
groups, and communities geared toward promotion of health, prevention of illness, alleviation of
suffering and assisting clients to face death with dignity and peace.

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The Association of Deans of Philippine Colleges of Nursing (ADPCN)

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A is a set of concepts and propositions that provide an orderly way to view phenomena

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THEORY

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the components of a theory

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PURPOSE
CONCEPTS
DEFINITIONS
PROPOSITIONS
ASSUMPTIONS
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It specifies the context and

situation within which the theory is formulated.

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Purpose

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They are Ideas, mental images of a
phenomenon, an event or object that is derived from an individual’s experience and perception.
It refers to a “complex mental formulation of our Perceptions of the world.”

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Concepts

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Identify categories or classes of phenomenon e.g… patient, nurse, & environment

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Discrete:

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give meaning to concepts; make them clearer, and more understandable

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Definitions

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Allows the classification of dimensions/ of an observation or phenomenon across
a continuum

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Continuous:

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There are two types of definition:

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Descriptive and Operational

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13
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refers to the accepted meaning of the term already used like the
definition we find on the dictionaries

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Descriptive (conceptual)

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– refers to the specific use or definition of the term within the theory.
It is how a word or concept is used in the theory and how it is defined by a particular theorist in
his/her theory.

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Operational (stipulative)

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are expressions of relational statements between and among concepts.
Propositional statements in a theory represent the theorist’s particular view of which concepts fit
together and, in most theories, establish how concepts affect one another.

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  1. Propositions
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are accepted “truths” that are basic and fundamental to the theory; also called
givens.

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Assumptions

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knowable or potentially knowable by empirical experience.

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Factual assumptions

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asserts or implies what is right, good or ought to be

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Value assumptions

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Characteristics of a theory:

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systematic logical coherent, creative structuring of ideas , tentative in nature

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are abstract, broad in scope, and complex, therefore requiring further research
for clarification.

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Grand theories

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21
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Grand nursing theories do not provide guidance for specific nursing interventions but rather
provide a general framework and ideas about nursing.

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Grand theories

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22
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More limited in scope (as compared to grand theories) and present concepts and propositions
at a lower level of abstraction.

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Middle-Range Nursing Theories

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23
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are situation specific theories that are narrow in scope and focuses on
a specific patient population at a specific time.

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Practice-Level Nursing Theories

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24
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theories provide frameworks for nursing interventions and suggest
outcomes or the effect of nursing practice.

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Practice-Level Nursing Theories

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are the first level of theory development. They describe the phenomena and
identify its properties and components in which it occurs.

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Descriptive theories

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There are two types of descriptive theories:

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factor isolating theory and explanatory theory

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27
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theories describe and explain the nature of relationships of certain phenomena to
other phenomena.

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Explanatory Theory

28
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Address the nursing interventions for a phenomenon, guide practice change, and predict
consequences.

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Prescriptive Theories

29
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can be defined as sets of empirical data or experiences that can be physically
observed or tangible such as crying or grimacing when in pain.

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A phenomenon

30
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In Nursing, phenomena can be:

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  1. Clinical or environmental setting of nursing
  2. Disease process
  3. Client’s behavior
  4. Interventions –
  5. Practices that are utilized in nursing theories and paradigm
31
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process of knowledge development.

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Theory Development in nursing

32
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implies that theory development in nursing is based on

theories developed by other disciplines and used in nursing situations.

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Theory → Practice → Theory

33
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strategy were based and evolved from clinical practice. The development
of a theory is done through actual observations and experiences in the clinical area of the
theorist. She then develops her own theory.

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Practice → Theory

34
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Theory strategy was based on research findings done through observations of
others like behavior

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research theory

35
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strategy utilizes other theories developed by other
disciplines but given a unique nursing perspective. Conceptual or theoretical frameworks in
nursing research studies are adapted from these theories.

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Theory → Research → Theory

36
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true or false 1. Theory guides nursing practice

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true

37
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true or false science contributes to the development of the discipline’s body of knowledge

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false

38
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Theory enhances communication

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true

39
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Her work paved the way for modern nursing (written in the mid nineteenth century) which
reflected her beliefs, observations and practice of nursing.

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The writings of Florence Nightingale

40
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Nursing Research journal was published that encouraged the nurses to pursue research,

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1952

41
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1952

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Nursing Research journal was published

42
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Debate on the nature of nursing practice

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Scientific era (1960s)

43
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Scientific era (1960s)

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Debate on the nature of nursing practice

44
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1968

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“Theory in a Practice Discipline”

45
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The first conference on nursing theory

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1969

46
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Analysis and debate on metatheoretical issues

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1970s

47
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1980s

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acceptance theory in nursing

48
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– what year of publication of numerous books and articles on analysis, application
evaluation and further development of nursing theories

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1980s up to present

49
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1990s

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nursing applied science

50
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It is a collection of facts known in area and the process used to obtain
knowledge

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Science

51
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involves acquiring knowledge through critical
observation, formation of hypothesis or informed guess and experimenting to see
whether the results match the hypothesis.

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The scientific method

52
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It is an approach for thinking about the nature of people, the methods
that should be used to create a scientific knowledge and the ethics involved.

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Philosophy

53
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is the philosophy that knowledge comes from logic and a certain kind of
intuition—when we immediately know something to be true without deduction, such as “I
am conscious.”

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Rationalism

54
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is the theory that the origin of all knowledge is sense experience.

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Empiricism

55
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It
emphasizes the role of experience and evidence, especially sensory perception, in the
formation of ideas, and argues that the only knowledge humans can have is a posteriori
(i.e. based on experience).

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empiricism

56
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is the belief in innate ideas,

reason, and deduction

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rationalism

57
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true or false : rationalism is the belief in sense
perception, induction, and that there are
no innate ideas

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false

58
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Philosophers focused on the analysis of theory structure, whereas scientists focused on
empirical research

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Early Twentieth Century Views

59
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is the philosophy of science that
information is derived from logical and mathematical treatments and reports of sensory
experience is the exclusive source of all authoritative knowledge

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Positivism

60
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Empiricists argue that for science to maintain its objectivity, data collection and analysis
must be independent of a theory

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Emergent Views

61
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the principal form relating factual and descriptive knowing aimed at
the expansion of abstract and theoretical explanations; any scientific, researched
based, theoretical and factual information that the nurse makes use of.

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Empirical knowing

62
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requires knowledge of different philosophical positions regarding what
is good and right in making moral actions and decisions, particularly in the theoretical
and clinical components of nursing;

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Ethical knowing

63
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related to understanding what is of significance to
particular patients such as feelings, attitudes, points of view; also the manifestation of
the creative and expressive styles of the nurse (Kenney,1996);

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Esthetic or aesthetics knowing

64
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encompasses knowledge of the self in relation to others and to self.
It involves entirety of the nurse-patient relationship; focused on realizing, meeting and
defining the real, true self (self-awareness).

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Personal knowing

65
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focuses on discovering the patterns that may describe a phenomenon

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Post – positivism

66
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tends to promote understanding by addressing the meanings of
the participants’ social interaction that emphasize situation, context and multiple
cognitive constructions that individuals create on everyday events.

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Interpretive paradigm

67
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knowledge development in nursing provides a framework for
inquiring about the interaction between the social, political, economic, gender and
cultural factors and experiences of health and illness

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Critical paradigm

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