TFN Flashcards
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A statement encompassing ontological claims about the phenomena of central interest to a discipline, epistemic claims about how those phenomena come to be known, and ethical claims about what the members of a disciplined value.
Philosophy
A set of relatively abstract and general concepts that address the phenomena of central interest to a discipline, the propositions that broadly describe those concepts, and the propositions that state relatively abstract and general relations between two or more concepts (Fawcett, 2005).
CONCEPTUAL MODELS (Conceptual Framework, Conceptual System, Paradigm, Disciplinary Matrix)
“A creative and rigorous structure of ideas that projects a tentative purposeful and systematic view of phenomena” (Chinn and Kramer, 1999 p.51)
Theory
A group of related concepts that propose actions that guide practice.
Theory
A set of concepts, definitions, relationships, assumptions that project a systematic view of a phenomena.
Theory
Are often called the building blocks of theories
Concept
Are abstract & concrete concepts
Concept
Mental formulation of an object or event that come from individual perceptual experience
Concept
A theory comprising limited numbers of variables, each of limited scope.
Middle Range Theory
It may be descriptive, explanatory (specifying relationships between two or more concepts), or predictive (envisioning relationships between concepts or effects of certain concepts on others).
Middle Range Theory
A set of ideas that provide structure for how a discipline should function.
Metaparadigm
Four basic concepts that address the patient as a whole, the patient’s health and well-being, the patient’s environment, and the nursing responsibilities.
Person, Health, Environment, Nursing
A component of the metaparadigm that focuses on the receiver of care, their family members, and other groups important to the patient.
Person
A component of the four metaparadigm that refers to the extent of wellness and health care access that a patient has.
Health
A component of the four metaparadigm that focuses on the surroundings that affect the patient which consists of internal and external influences, and contends that how a person continuously interacts with her surroundings has a bearing on health and wellness.
Environment
A component of the four metaparadigm that involves the delivery of optimal health outcomes for the patient through a mutual relationship in a safe and caring environment.
Nursing
Considers the person’s spiritual and social needs as well as health care needs, and how the person interacts with these physical and social connections.
Person
Characterized as one with multiple dimensions in a constant state of motion for it covers a person’s lifespan and genetic makeup, and how the physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual well-being is integrated in health care for maximum health benefits.
Health
Theorizes that a person can modify her environmental factors to improve her health status.
Environment
Theorizes that a person can modify her environmental factors to improve her health status.
Environment
Applies principles of knowledge, skills, technology, collaborations, professional judgment, and communication to carry out duties and responsibilities for achieving the best possible scenario in patient health outcome.
Nursing
She is the one who laid the foundation for the present nursing practice which is differentiated from medicine.
Florence Nightingale
Presents the first nursing theory which focuses on the management of environment for the betterment of the patient.
Notes in Nursing by Florence Nightingale
Eras of Nursing Knowledge: 5
- Curriculum Era
- Research Era
- Graduate Education Era
- Theory Era
- Theory Utilization Era