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Nursing Theories Exam 1-Questions and Answers Chapter 1 - ANSWER-What is Nursing Theory? Nursing Theories - ANSWER--Creative products of nurses -Describe nursing in ways that can be studied, evaluated, and used by other nurses -Attempt to explain patterns and relationships found in nursing phenomena -Stimulate formal debate, exploration, and research regarding the nature and process of nursing. -They are abstract -frequently focus on if nursing is a job, vocation, and or profession Nurse Theorists - ANSWER--Active or former nurses -Think deeply about nursing phenomenon and record their personal thoughts and observations -Develop theories over time -Influenced by personal and professional experiences -Develop theories as part of creative and evolutionary process -must comfortable with ambiguity Questions Posed by Nursing Theories - ANSWER--What do nurses do? -What makes nursing unique? -What is holistic nursing care? -Do certain nursing actions measurably improve client outcomes? -What differentiates excellent nursing care from marginal nursing care? -Is the core of nursing "caring" or technical skill mastery? -Is nursing an independent profession or auxiliary component of the medical profession? -Should nursing encompass the metaphysical or spiritual? -How should phenomenon outside the five senses be addressed in nursing? Categories of Theories - ANSWER-1. Philosophies 2. Grand theories 3. Middle-range theories Philosophies - ANSWER-Definitions of nursing in general Grand theories - ANSWER-Discussions of broad nursing practice areas Middle-range theories - ANSWER-Assertions about specific nursing actions, processes, or concepts -Ex Specific ideas about ways to incorporate cultural awareness into nursing practice


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