quiz #4 Flashcards
who created the nursing metaparadigm?
jacqueline fawcett
what was the drive for early theorizing lead by?
educators who noted that traditional methods for preparing nurses were becoming outdated and science or scientific process wasn’t the only way to inform nursing
what are the four metaparadigm concepts
Nursing, person, environment, health
nursing in metaparadigm=
nursing actions..
-art and science of nursing; knowing, being and doing of nursing. All of the concepts of nursing together.
person in metaparadigm=
patient, family, community; individual or group of individuals receiving care
health in metaparadigm=
more than the absence of disease or injury, ideal state of optimal health for client
environment in metaparadigm=
internal and external factors
- internal (genetics, immune function)
- external (geographical location)
what is the aim of nursing theory?
- A way to organize the knowledge that the nursing profession has (having our own body of knowledge).
- Enables and guides us to act properly as nurses.
- Guides us to think broadly about nursing
what is a theory?
- a purposeful set of assumptions or propositions that identify the relationships between concepts
- provide a systematic view for explaining, predicting, and prescribing phenomena
- social determinants of illness
nursing theories are not generally propositional, but they reflect?
a conceptualization of nursing for the purpose of describing, explaining, predicting, or prescribing care
when did a number of major developments in nursing theory occur?
1960s, influenced by scientific discoveries and technological applications.
- disease intervention became more sophisticated
- focus of society shifted to curing and eradicating disease
- nurses realized how their role differed from others in the health care team
what is a concept
mental formulation of objects or events, representing the basic way in which ideas are organized and communicated
-ANXIETY
what is conceptualization
formulating concepts
-framing behavioural patterns as anxiety related
opperational definition
description of concepts, articulated in a way that it can be applied to decision making in practice, links concepts with other concepts, often includes essential properties of concepts
-differentiation and measurement of state and trait of anxiety
what is proposition
a declarative assertion
-“clients who receive appropriate nursing care have better health outcomes”
what is phenomenon
an aspect of reality that can be consciously sensed or experienced
-pain