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Chapter 1




TEST BANK FOR
NURSING THEORIES
AND NURSING
PRACTICE 4TH
EDITION BY PARKER
SMITH

,Chapter 1

Statement of Intent

The intent of this chapter is to offer an approach to understanding nursing theory within the

context of the discipline of nursing, define the discipline of nursing and theory, describe the

purpose of theory for the discipline of nursing, identify the structure of the discipline of nursing,

and speculate on the future of nursing theory.

,Chapter 1

Key Terms

Nursing Community of scholars

Nursing knowledge Discipline

Professional practice Theory

Paradigm Worldviews

Framework Metaparadigm

Philosophy Conceptual model

Grand theory Middle-range theory

Nursing practice theory Clinical scholarship

Empirical indicators Domain

Caring Environment

Persons Health

Syntactical structure Conceptual structure

Specialized language Tradition

Values and beliefs Practice-level theory

Nursing process

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Objectives

On completion of this chapter, students will be able to:

1. Compare and contrast definitions of nursing.

2. Describe the usefulness of theory to everyday practice.

3. Identify four phenomena of interest to nursing.

4. Name the primary purpose of nursing theory.

5. Describe characteristics of nursing as a discipline.

6. Discuss the importance of conceptualizing nursing as a discipline of knowledge.

7. Compare and contrast definitions of nursing theory.

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