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OVERVIEW OF NURSING Flashcards

1
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Something that is seen happening or existing
● An empirical observation

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FACT

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● a group of interrelated facts
● a person’s conception of what is the best example
of something

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IDEA

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A word or cluster of words describing an object,
idea or even

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CONCEPT

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○ specific to time and place
○ observable

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Concrete/Empirical concept.

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○ independent of time or place
○ indirectly observable/not observable

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Abstract concepts

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6
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set of interrelated concepts that serve as building
blocks of theories

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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

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a statement of predicted relationships between two or more variables, subjected to testing in empirical studies

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HYPOTHESIS

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basic principles that are accepted as being true on
the basis of logic or reason without proof or
verification

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ASSUMPTION

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a formal statement that is constructed in order to
organize ideas explain event

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THEORY

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an organized and systematic
articulation of a set of statements related to questions
in the discipline

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NURSING THEORY

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a set of interrelated theories that organizes the
direction of a research endeavor/ scientific inquiry

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THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

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COMPONENTS OF A THEORY

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PURPOSE
CONCEPTS & DEFINITIONS
THEORETICAL STATEMENTS
STRUCTURES AND LINKAGES
ASSUMPTIONS
MODELS

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13
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Theory clarifies the central meanings and
improves the status of the profession.

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Purpose of Nursing Theories IN EDUCATION

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Theory sets limits on what questions to ask and
what methods to use to pursue answers to the
questions

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Purpose of Nursing Theories IN RESEARCH

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To guide research and Provides the nurse with goals for assessment, diagnosis, and intervention.

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Purpose of Nursing Theories IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

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16
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Florence Nightingale Birth & Death

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May 12, 1820 - August 13, 1910

17
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Nursing Eras

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“Curriculum Era”
“Research Era”
“Theory Era”
Nursing as “academic discipline”

18
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“nursing knowledge was distinct from
medical knowledge”

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Florence Nightingale in 1800

19
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emergence of nursing as a science

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1950

20
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research revealed that nursing lacked
conceptual connections & theoretical
framework

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1970

21
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nursing theory was developed

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1980

22
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patterns or models used to show a clear relationship among the existing theoretical works in nursing

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NURSING PARADIGM

23
Q

global perspective of a discipline that identifies the
primary phenomena of interest to that discipline and explains how the discipline deals with those
phenomena in a unique manner

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METAPARADIGM

24
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embodies the knowledge base, theory, philosophy,
research, practice, and educational experience and
literature identified with the profession.

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NURSING METAPARADIGM

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