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Theory - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Is an organized system of
accepted knowledge that is composed of concepts,
propositions, definitions and assumptions intended to
explain a set of fact, event or phenomena.
Chinn and Kramer (1991) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-They defined
theory "as a creative and rigorous structuring of ideas that
projects as a tentative, purposeful and systemic view of
phenomena."
Concept - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-An idea formulated by the
mind or an experience perceived and observed such as
justice, love, war and disease.
Proposition - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Explains the relationships
of different concepts.
Definition - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Composed of various
descriptions which convey a general meaning and reduces
the vagueness in understanding a set of concepts.
,Assumption - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Statement that specifies
the relationship or connection of factual concepts or
phenomena.
Nursing theory - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-A group of interrelated
concepts that ate developed from various studies of
disciplines and related experiences.
Nursing theory - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Aims to view the
essence of nursing care.
Meleis (1991) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Defined nursing theory
as "an articulated and communicated conceptualization of
invented or discovered reality (central phenomena and
relationships) in or pertaining to nursing for the purpose of
describing, explaining, predicting and prescribing nursing
care. "
Barnum (1994) - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Stated that a complete
nursing theory is one that has context, content and
process.
Context - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Resembles environment to
which nursing act takes place.
Content - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Subject of the theory
Process - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Method by which nurse acts in
using nursinf theory.
, American Nursing Association - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-What is
ANA
International Council of Nurses - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-What is
the ICN?
Association of Deans of Philippine Colleges of Nursing -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔-ADPCN?
ANA - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Defined nursing as "diagnosis
and treatment of human responses to actual or potential
health problems."
ICN - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Defined nursing as "autonomous
and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families,
groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings."
Henderson - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Defined nursing "to assist
clients in the performance of activities contributing to
health, its recovery or peaceful death that clients will
perform unaided, if they had the necessary will, strength or
knowledge."
ADPCN - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔-Defined nursing as "a dynamic
discipline. It is an art and a science of caring for
individuals, families, groups and communities geared
toward promotion and restoration of health, prevention of
illness, alleviation of suffering and assisting clients to face
death with dignity and peace.