WEEK 1-4 Flashcards
something such as a thought or conception, that potentially or actually exists in the mind as a product of mental activity. Therefore, these are anything we think, any product of our mind, any mental activity.
IDEA
are the vehicles of thought that involves images these are impression received by sensing our environment.
CONCEPTS
the building blocks of a theory
CONCEPT
3 TYPES OF CONCEPT
EMPIRICAL, INFERENTIAL AND ABSTRACT CONCEPT
concepts that are indirectly observable, thus will be needing instruments to measure it.
INFERENTIAL CONCEPT
Concepts that easily be observed in real world; by using senses
EMPIRICAL CONCEPT
these are non- observable concepts
ABSTRACT CONCEPTS
group of set of concepts that should be interrelated to each other
THEORIES
group of set of concept with the purpose of explaining and predicting phenomena
THEORIES
Purpose and use of theory
DESCRIBE, EXPLAIN, PREDICT AND CONTROL
define to be as the core content of a discipline, stated in the most global or abstract terms. It functions to summarize the intellectual and social missions of the discipline and place a boundary on the subject matter of the discipline.
METAPARADIGM
are broad concepts that describe and define a discipline or profession.
METAPARADIGM
generally defined as the recipient of nursing of nursing care like the individuals, families, and communities
PERSON
defined as the internal and external aspects of life that influence the person
ENVIRONMENT
defined as the holistic level of wellness that the person experience, status of wellbeing of a person
HEALTH
defined as the autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings.
NURSING
MAJOR CONCEPTS OR FOUR METAPARADIGMS
PERSON, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, NURSING
representation of interaction among and between concepts showing patterns; other termed it as paradigm or framework
MODELS
TWO TYPES OF MODELS
VERBAL AND SCHEMATIC MODELS