THEORITICAL FOUNDATION OF NURSING

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Four ways of knowing

Empirical Personal Aesthetic Ethical

Descriptive Theories (Factor Relating Theories)

First level of theory development. They describe phenomena and identify circumstances in which the phenomena occur.

Philosophy of Nursing

Sets forth the meaning of phenomena through analysis, reasoning and logical argument

Concepts

The building blocks—the primary elements—of a theory

Kristen Swanson

Theory of Caring

2 types of concepts

abstract and concrete

Virginia Henderson

assist clients in the performance of activities

Explanatory Theories (Factor Relating Theories)

cause and effect relationship are well explained

4 theory components

concepts, prepositions, assumptions, definitions

Prescriptive Theories (Situation Relating Theories)

deal with nursing action, test the validity and certainty of a specific nursing intervention

Predictive Theories (Situation Relating Theories)

describe future outcomes consistently

Nursing Theories

describe, explain, predicts, prescribes

Different types of Theories

descriptive, predictive, explanatory, and prescriptive theory

Hypotheses

educated guesses about the relationships between things or about what will happen in the future

phenomenon

empirical data and perceived as physically tangible experiences

knowledge

facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.

Metaparadigm Concepts

highest level of knowledge

Paradigm

mean "pattern"

scientia

means "knowledge"

Meta

means "with"

Nursing Paradigm

person, health, environment, nursing

theoritical framework

ready-made map for the study

Metaparadigm

refers to the most abstract aspect of the structure of nursing knowledge

proposition

relationship between various concept

assumptions

researcher believes that is true, but there is no universal proof

Conceptual Models or Frameworks

researcher's perception of a particular phenomenon

research

systematic method of studying a phenomenon

research

systematic method pf studying a phenomenon that creates and enhances a body of knowledge

Science

systematic of the body of knowledge used in a discipline of study


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