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Stages of Nursing Theory Development - ANSWER Silent Knowledge Received Knowledge Subjective Knowledge Procedural Knowledge Constructed Knowledge Silent Knowledge - ANSWER Blind obedience to medical authority Following orders because that is what the physician said to do, little attempt to ...

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Nursing Theory QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
2024 LATEST UPDATE
Stages of Nursing Theory Development - ANSWER Silent Knowledge

Received Knowledge

Subjective Knowledge

Procedural Knowledge

Constructed Knowledge



Silent Knowledge - ANSWER Blind obedience to medical authority

Following orders because that is what the physician said to do, little attempt to develop theory



Received knowledge - ANSWER Learning through listening to others

Borrowing theories from other disciplines (sociology, education, medicine)



Subjective knowledge - ANSWER Authority was internalized and a new sense of self emerged

Focusing on defining nursing and developing theories



Procedural knowledge - ANSWER Includes both separate and connected knowledge.

Difficulty attaching theory to practice



Constructed knowledge - ANSWER Integration of different types of knowledge (intuition, reason, and
self-knowledge)

Shift from grand theories to middle and practice theories



Components of a Theory - ANSWER Phenomenon

Concepts

Definitions

, Assumptions



Phenomenon - ANSWER An aspect of reality that can be observed or experienced.

Phenomena can be sensed, it is real e.g. a patient's response (for example to stress which causes the
blood sugar to increase) or response to a treatment. It is "the thing" that gets you started or thinking.



Concepts - ANSWER Elements of a phenomenon that are necessary to understand the phenomenon.

Concepts is the glossary of terms that is used to describe the phenomena. Examples of concepts might
be stressors, defense mechanisms, ideas that the patient have that make them respond in a particular
way.



Definitions - ANSWER Communicates the general meanings of the concepts involved.

The definitions describe it, e.g. a patient with diabetes reacting by refusing to give up regular sodas.



Assumptions - ANSWER Beliefs about the phenomena that one must accept as true to accept the theory
to be true.

Assumptions can be the normal range of responses expected during stress for example. It is usually
common knowledge.



Types of Theories - ANSWER Classified by level (Grand or Middle range of abstraction)

and by

Goal (Describe or Predict)



Grand Theories - ANSWER -Broadest in scope

- Most complex

- Non-specific & comprised of relatively abstract concepts

- Generally cannot be tested

- Provides broad & abstract views about nursing

Example -

1. Neuman Systems Model about client responses, environmental factors and nursing actions is a
foundation for nursing practice, education and research.

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