Nursing Theory Study Guide Exam And
All Actual Answers.
Stages of Nursing Theory Development - Answer Silent Knowledge
Received Knowledge
Subjective Knowledge
Procedural Knowledge
Constructed Knowledge
Silent Knowledge - Answer Blind obedience to medical authority
Following orders because that is what the physician said to do, little attempt to develop theory
Received knowledge - Answer Learning through listening to others
Borrowing theories from other disciplines (sociology, education, medicine)
Subjective knowledge - Answer Authority was internalized and a new sense of self emerged
Focusing on defining nursing and developing theories
Procedural knowledge - Answer Includes both separate and connected knowledge.
Difficulty attaching theory to practice
Constructed knowledge - Answer Integration of different types of knowledge (intuition, reason, and
self-knowledge)
Shift from grand theories to middle and practice theories
Components of a Theory - Answer Phenomenon
Concepts
Definitions
Assumptions
, Phenomenon - Answer An aspect of reality that can be observed or experienced.
Phenomena can be sensed, it is real e.g. a patient's response (for example to stress which causes the
blood sugar to increase) or response to a treatment. It is "the thing" that gets you started or thinking.
Concepts - Answer Elements of a phenomenon that are necessary to understand the phenomenon.
Concepts is the glossary of terms that is used to describe the phenomena. Examples of concepts might
be stressors, defense mechanisms, ideas that the patient have that make them respond in a particular
way.
Definitions - Answer Communicates the general meanings of the concepts involved.
The definitions describe it, e.g. a patient with diabetes reacting by refusing to give up regular sodas.
Assumptions - Answer Beliefs about the phenomena that one must accept as true to accept the theory
to be true.
Assumptions can be the normal range of responses expected during stress for example. It is usually
common knowledge.
Types of Theories - Answer Classified by level (Grand or Middle range of abstraction)
and by
Goal (Describe or Predict)
Grand Theories - Answer -Broadest in scope
- Most complex
- Non-specific & comprised of relatively abstract concepts
- Generally cannot be tested
- Provides broad & abstract views about nursing
Example -
1. Neuman Systems Model about client responses, environmental factors and nursing actions is a
foundation for nursing practice, education and research.
All Actual Answers.
Stages of Nursing Theory Development - Answer Silent Knowledge
Received Knowledge
Subjective Knowledge
Procedural Knowledge
Constructed Knowledge
Silent Knowledge - Answer Blind obedience to medical authority
Following orders because that is what the physician said to do, little attempt to develop theory
Received knowledge - Answer Learning through listening to others
Borrowing theories from other disciplines (sociology, education, medicine)
Subjective knowledge - Answer Authority was internalized and a new sense of self emerged
Focusing on defining nursing and developing theories
Procedural knowledge - Answer Includes both separate and connected knowledge.
Difficulty attaching theory to practice
Constructed knowledge - Answer Integration of different types of knowledge (intuition, reason, and
self-knowledge)
Shift from grand theories to middle and practice theories
Components of a Theory - Answer Phenomenon
Concepts
Definitions
Assumptions
, Phenomenon - Answer An aspect of reality that can be observed or experienced.
Phenomena can be sensed, it is real e.g. a patient's response (for example to stress which causes the
blood sugar to increase) or response to a treatment. It is "the thing" that gets you started or thinking.
Concepts - Answer Elements of a phenomenon that are necessary to understand the phenomenon.
Concepts is the glossary of terms that is used to describe the phenomena. Examples of concepts might
be stressors, defense mechanisms, ideas that the patient have that make them respond in a particular
way.
Definitions - Answer Communicates the general meanings of the concepts involved.
The definitions describe it, e.g. a patient with diabetes reacting by refusing to give up regular sodas.
Assumptions - Answer Beliefs about the phenomena that one must accept as true to accept the theory
to be true.
Assumptions can be the normal range of responses expected during stress for example. It is usually
common knowledge.
Types of Theories - Answer Classified by level (Grand or Middle range of abstraction)
and by
Goal (Describe or Predict)
Grand Theories - Answer -Broadest in scope
- Most complex
- Non-specific & comprised of relatively abstract concepts
- Generally cannot be tested
- Provides broad & abstract views about nursing
Example -
1. Neuman Systems Model about client responses, environmental factors and nursing actions is a
foundation for nursing practice, education and research.
