Chapter 1 - ANSWER What is Nursing Theory?
Nursing Theories - ANSWER -Creative products of nurses
-Describe nursing in ways that can be studied, evaluated, and used by other nurses
-Attempt to explain patterns and relationships found in nursing phenomena
-Stimulate formal debate, exploration...
Nursing Theories - ANSWER -Creative products of nurses
-Describe nursing in ways that can be studied, evaluated, and used by other
nurses
-Attempt to explain patterns and relationships found in nursing phenomena
-Stimulate formal debate, exploration, and research regarding the nature and
process of nursing.
-They are abstract
-frequently focus on if nursing is a job, vocation, and or profession
Nurse Theorists - ANSWER -Active or former nurses
-Think deeply about nursing phenomenon and record their personal thoughts and
observations
-Develop theories over time
-Influenced by personal and professional experiences
-Develop theories as part of creative and evolutionary process
-must comfortable with ambiguity
Questions Posed by Nursing Theories - ANSWER -What do nurses do?
, -What makes nursing unique?
-What is holistic nursing care?
-Do certain nursing actions measurably improve client outcomes?
-What differentiates excellent nursing care from marginal nursing care?
-Is the core of nursing "caring" or technical skill mastery?
-Is nursing an independent profession or auxiliary component of the medical
profession?
-Should nursing encompass the metaphysical or spiritual?
-How should phenomenon outside the five senses be addressed in nursing?
Categories of Theories - ANSWER 1. Philosophies
2. Grand theories
3. Middle-range theories
Philosophies - ANSWER Definitions of nursing in general
Grand theories - ANSWER Discussions of broad nursing practice areas
Middle-range theories - ANSWER Assertions about specific nursing actions,
processes, or concepts
-Ex Specific ideas about ways to incorporate cultural awareness into nursing
practice
Considerations Related to Nursing Theories - ANSWER -A theory may fit more than
one category, depending on its interpretation
-No firm rule exists for how to categorize a theory
, -Students must be comfortable with ambiguity in study of theory
Productive Learning Approaches - ANSWER Listening
Evaluating
Reading
Adopting another's position to assess personal fit
Formulating an informed opinion
Realizing firm answers do not always apply
Value of Nursing Theory - ANSWER -Advances the scholarship of nursing
-Serves as a framework for inquiry
-Enables the nursing profession to create its own body of knowledge
-Helps nurses explain and guide the real practice world
It may be said that some nursing theories fit into more than one? - ANSWER
Category
A Nursing theory is considered a communication? - ANSWER Tool
Role of Theories in Research Activities - ANSWER -Provide the basis for the
creation of questions that will be asked during research activities
-New findings may or may not support theories, opening the door to additional
study
-Clarify ways in which to focus observations and data collection during research
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