Theoretical Basis for Nursing ch 1-3 Exam || Questions & Answers (Graded A+)

Theoretical Basis for Nursing ch 1-3 Exam || Questions & Answers (Graded A+) Theoretical Basis for Nursing ch 1-3 Exam || Questions & Answers (Graded A+) Nursing - ANSWER - * is an aspring or evolving profession * is a professional discipline that draws much of its knowledge base from other disciplines i.e. psychology, sociology, physiology, and medicine How is nursing an applied or practice science? - ANSWER - it has been influenced by several philosophical schools of thought or worldviews. Examples of worldviews that have influenced Nursing? - ANSWER - 1. Received view 2. Perceived view 3. postmodernism Received view - ANSWER - empiricism, positivism, logical positivism. Received knowledge Perceived view - ANSWER - humanism, phenomenology, constructivism. Perceived knowledge or human interpretation. Postmodernism - ANSWER - the belief that society is no longer governed by history or progress Nursing Philosophy - ANSWER - The belief system of the profession that provides perspectives for practice, scholarship in nursing. Currently nursing does not have universally accepted philosophy. nursing science - ANSWER - discipline specific knowledge that focuses on the human -environment- health process and is articulated in nursing theories and generated through nursing research. Philosophy of science in nursing - ANSWER - establishes the meaning of science through nursing concepts, theories, and laws as they relate to nursing practice. Nursing Epistemology - ANSWER - (ways of knowing in nursing) focuses on 4 predominant ways. 1. empirical knowledge 2. esthetic knowledge 3. personal knowledge 4. ethical knowldge Nursing Research Methods - ANSWER - the main 2 1. Quantitative methodology- numbers - received view 2. Qualitative methodology- quality - perceived view -and increasingly popular ... 3. Methodologic pluralism- both together in a complementary fashion - postmodern view