THEORY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

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silent knowledge, received knowledge, subjective knowledge, procedural knowledge, constructed knowledge

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STAGES IN THE DEV OF NUR THEORY

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based on rules and traditions passed on as apprentice
SK: blind obedience to med authority
IRT: little attempt to dev theory research limited to collection of epidemiologic data

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SILENT KNO

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SK: learning through listening to others
IRT: theories borrowed from other discipline, nurses acquired non-nur doc degrees

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RECEIVED KNO

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SK: autho was internalized and a new sense of self emerged.
IRT: nega attitude towards borrowed theory and sci emerged. Nurse scho focused on defining nur and on dev theories about and for nur. Research focused on the nurse rather than the client.

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SUBJECTIVE KNO

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Viewed themselves as sci discip toward sci based prac
SK: includes both sep and connected kno
IRT: prolif of approaches to theory dev. App of theory underemphasized. Emphasis placed on procedures used to acquire kno

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PROCEDURAL KNO

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the current stage
SK: integration of diff types of kno
IRT: nur theory should be based on prior empirical studs, theoretical lit, client report of clinical exp and feeling and the nurse’s scho’s intuition or kno about the phenomenon of concern.

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CONSTRUCTED KNO

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person and health, person and envi, health and nur, person, envi, and health

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RS AMONG THE METPA CONC

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laws and principles that govern with life processes, wellbeing and optimal functioning of human being.

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PERSON AND HEALTH

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nur is concerned with patterning of human behavior in interaction with the environment in all life situation.

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PERSON AND ENVI

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concerned with the nur action or process by which positive changes in health status are affected.

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HEALTH AND NUR

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nur is concerned with the wholeness of the health of human beings being aware of its continuous interactions with their environments.

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PERSON, ENVI, AND HEALTH

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desc theo, explanatory theo, predictive theo, and prescriptive theo

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NUR THEORIES ACC TO FUNC

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also known as Factor-isolating theory

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DESC THEORY

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also known as factor-relating theory

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EXPLANATORY THEORY

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Situation-relating theory

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PREDICTIVE THEORY

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Situation-producing theory

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PRESCRIPTIVE THEORY

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Identify and describe major concepts of phenomena

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DESC THEORY

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present phenomena based on five senses

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DESC THEORY

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present rs among concepts and propositions

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EXPLANATORY THEORY

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present cause and effect rs

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EXPLANATORY THEORY

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rs of concepts under a certain condition are able to describe future outcomes consistently.

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PREDICTIVE THEORY

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Test the validity and certainty of specific nur interventions

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PRESCRIPTIVE THEORY

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metatheory, grand theory, middle-range theory, micro-range theory, practice theories, partial theories.

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NUR THEORIES BASED ON SCOPE

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subject matter is some theory, concerned with the investigation, analysis, or description of theory itself.

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METATHEORY

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broad in scope and comlplex

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GRAND THEORY

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more limited scope

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MIDDLE-RANGE THEORY

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most concrete and narrow in space

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MICRO-RANGE THEORY

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limited to specific population or fields of practice

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PRACTICE THEORIES

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theories that are in the development stage

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PARTIAL THEORIES

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clarity, simplicity, generality, empirical precision, derivable consequences

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ANALYSIS AND EVAL OF A THEORY

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address specific phenomena or concepts and reflect practice

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MIDDLE-RANGE THEORY

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reflect a wide variety of nursing care situations

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MIDDLE-RANGE THEORY

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require further specs through research before they can be fully tested

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GRAND THEORY

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self-care theory

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OREM’S

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system model

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NEUMAN’S

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adaptation model

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ROY’S

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psychodynamic nursing

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HILDEGARD PEPLAU

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transcultural theory in nursing

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MADELEINE LEININGER

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situation specific and limited to particular population

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MICRO-RANGE THEORY

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easily defined phenomena

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PRACTICE THEORIES

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semantics and structure are important

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CLARITY

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identify concepts and sub-concepts

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CLARITY

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words should be defined operationally

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CLARITY

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diagram should be clear and consistent

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CLARITY

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assumption should be consistent with the defined goals of the theory.

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CLARITY

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must be adequately comprehensive

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SIMPLICITY

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must have as few concepts as possible

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SIMPLICITY

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offers greatest sense of understanding

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SIMPLICITY

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examine scope of concepts and goals

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GENERALITY

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the more the limited the concepts and goal is, the less general the theory becomes

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GENERALITY

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situations in which theory is applicable should be boundless

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GENERALITY

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degree in which the defined concepts are observable in actual setting

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EMPIRICAL PRECISION

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can be measured by the evidences that support the theory

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EMPIRICAL PRECISION

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should give direction to research and practice, create new ideas and ought to distinguish the focus of nursing to other professions.

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DERIVABLE CONSEQUENCES