NURS 1131 Final Exam – Questions With Guaranteed
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Terms in this set (89)
- attempt to explain patterns and relationships found in
nursing phenomena
What is Nursing Theory?
- gives nurses different ways of viewing reality,
expanding awareness of concepts not considered
an experience that influences health status related to
Phenomenon of Nursing
nursing (ex. fatigue and uncertainty)
concepts related to patient, nursing, and environment
Nursing Metaparadigm
health
definitions of nursing on a global and personal level
Philosophies of Nursing
(what is nursing)
discussions of broad nursing practice areas (not entirely
Grand-Theories of Nursing
testable; ex. Flo)
Middle-Range Theories of assertions about specific nursing actions, processes, or
Nursing concepts (more testable; ex. theory of coping)
- provide structure for guiding and improving
professional practice, educational curriculum, learning,
and research
Why are theories important
- they create a framework for inquiry that allows the
in nursing?
profession to create its own body of knowledge that
can be used to help nurses explain and guide nursing
practice
How were theories most nurse theorists didn't plan to create a theory and it
developed? began as a way to improve patient care
What two major schools Columbia University and Yale
educated many nurse
theorists?
, - 1950s: to conceptualize nursing as a profession based
Why were theories on science rather than trade-based apprenticeship
developed? - to further nursing as a scholarly profession
- to organize and improve the delivery of nursing care
- 1960s first nursing doctoral program
Doctoral Nursing Programs - moving from hospital-based training schools to
universities
- theory about a practice discipline must come from
knowledge based on actual practice experience
How did nurse theorists
- reflected on personal and professional experiences to
create theories?
gain understanding/new knowledge from practice
experience
1920s scientific method, which is based on assumptions
Logical Positivism that objective truth could be discovered through
rigorous observation and experimentation
- transition from logical positivism
- beginning to accept phenomena, not always being
Postmodernism
concretely measured or quantified through logical
positivism
explain the nature of something in a broad sense and
Theoretical Definition may not be immediately applicable to everyday
activities
explain exactly how something works and is measured
Operational Defintion (ex. What is meant by wellness? What are the
observable or measurable signs that a person is
experiencing a high degree of wellness?
system of beliefs regarding morality, ethics, and how the
Philosophy
world should be viewed
- came from wealth and well educated
- preferred to serve humankind vs. traditional Victorian
marriage
Florence Nightingale - trained for 3 months
- Crimean War: decreased mortality rates from 60% to
1%
- created nurse training schools
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Terms in this set (89)
- attempt to explain patterns and relationships found in
nursing phenomena
What is Nursing Theory?
- gives nurses different ways of viewing reality,
expanding awareness of concepts not considered
an experience that influences health status related to
Phenomenon of Nursing
nursing (ex. fatigue and uncertainty)
concepts related to patient, nursing, and environment
Nursing Metaparadigm
health
definitions of nursing on a global and personal level
Philosophies of Nursing
(what is nursing)
discussions of broad nursing practice areas (not entirely
Grand-Theories of Nursing
testable; ex. Flo)
Middle-Range Theories of assertions about specific nursing actions, processes, or
Nursing concepts (more testable; ex. theory of coping)
- provide structure for guiding and improving
professional practice, educational curriculum, learning,
and research
Why are theories important
- they create a framework for inquiry that allows the
in nursing?
profession to create its own body of knowledge that
can be used to help nurses explain and guide nursing
practice
How were theories most nurse theorists didn't plan to create a theory and it
developed? began as a way to improve patient care
What two major schools Columbia University and Yale
educated many nurse
theorists?
, - 1950s: to conceptualize nursing as a profession based
Why were theories on science rather than trade-based apprenticeship
developed? - to further nursing as a scholarly profession
- to organize and improve the delivery of nursing care
- 1960s first nursing doctoral program
Doctoral Nursing Programs - moving from hospital-based training schools to
universities
- theory about a practice discipline must come from
knowledge based on actual practice experience
How did nurse theorists
- reflected on personal and professional experiences to
create theories?
gain understanding/new knowledge from practice
experience
1920s scientific method, which is based on assumptions
Logical Positivism that objective truth could be discovered through
rigorous observation and experimentation
- transition from logical positivism
- beginning to accept phenomena, not always being
Postmodernism
concretely measured or quantified through logical
positivism
explain the nature of something in a broad sense and
Theoretical Definition may not be immediately applicable to everyday
activities
explain exactly how something works and is measured
Operational Defintion (ex. What is meant by wellness? What are the
observable or measurable signs that a person is
experiencing a high degree of wellness?
system of beliefs regarding morality, ethics, and how the
Philosophy
world should be viewed
- came from wealth and well educated
- preferred to serve humankind vs. traditional Victorian
marriage
Florence Nightingale - trained for 3 months
- Crimean War: decreased mortality rates from 60% to
1%
- created nurse training schools
