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| explains the linkages of science, philosophy and theory accepted and applied by the discipline. |
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o Is a conceptualization of some aspect of nursing
o Communicates the purpose of describing, explaining, predicting, and/or prescribing nursing care |
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| • Components of a Theory: |
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o Phenomenon
o Concepts
o Definitions
o Assumptions |
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| is an aspect of reality that can be consciously sensed or experienced |
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| a theory consists of interrelated blank. blank are mental formulations of an object or event that come from individual perceptual experience. |
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| the blank within the description of a theory convey the general meaning of the concepts in a manner that fits the theory. |
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| are statements that describe concepts or connect two concepts that are factual. |
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o Grand
o Middle-range
o Descriptive
o Prescriptive |
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| broad in scope and complex therefore require further specification through research before they can be fully tested. |
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| theories that have more limited scope, less abstraction, address specific phenomena or conepts and reflect practice (administration, clinical, or teaching) middle range theories. |
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| are the first level of theory development. they describe phenomena, specular on why phenomena occur and describe the consequence of phenomena. |
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| address nursing interventions and predict the consequence of a specific nursing intervention. |
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| • Relationship of Theory to Nursing Practice: |
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o Generate nursing knowledge for use in practice
o Can direct how to use nursing process
o Are adaptable to different patients and all care settings |
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| • THE LINK BETWEEN THEORY AND KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT IN NURSING |
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o Nursing knowledge is theoretical and practical.
o Theories provide direction to nursing research.
o Nursing theory and nursing research build nursing’s knowledge base |
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| to facilitate "the body's reparative processes" by manipulating client's environment. |
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| to develop interaction between nurse and client |
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| to work independlty with other health care workers, assistin client in gaining independence as quickly as possible, to help client gain lacking strength |
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| to provide service to individuals, families, and society; to be kind and caring but also intelligent, competent, and technically well prepared to provide this service |
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| to maintain and promote health, prevent illness, and care for and rehabilitate ill and disabled client through " humanistic science of nursing" |
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| to care for and help client attain total self-care |
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| to use communication to help client reestablish positive adaptation to environment |
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| to assist individuals, famlies, and groups in attaining and maintaining maximal level of total wellness by purposeful interventions |
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| to provide care consistent with nursing's emerging science and knowledge with caring as central focus |
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| to identify types of demands placed on client, assess adaptation to demands and help client adapt |
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| to promote health, restore client to health and prevent illness |
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| to focus on clients need for caring as a means of coping with stressors of illness |
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• Is the perspective of a profession
• Provides practical and theoretical orientations for a discipline
• Paradigm
• Links science, philosophy, and theories |
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