Nursing Theory
1. Stages of Nursing Theory Development: Silent
Knowledge Received Knowledge
Subjective
Knowledge
Procedural
Knowledge
Constructed
Knowledge
2. Silent Knowledge: Blind obedience to medical authority
Following orders because that is what the physician said to do, little
attempt to develop theory
3. Received knowledge: Learning through listening to others
Borrowing theories from other disciplines (sociology, education, medicin
4. Subjective knowledge: Authority was internalized and a new sense
of self emerged
Focusing on defining nursing and developing theories
5. Procedural knowledge: Includes both separate and connected
knowledge. Difficulty attaching theory to practice
6. Constructed knowledge: Integration of different types of knowledge
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(intuition, reason, and self-knowledge)
Shift from grand theories to middle and practice theories
7. Components of a Theory:
Phenomenon Concepts
Definitions
Assumptio
ns
8. Phenomenon: 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.
9. Concepts: 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.
10.Definitions: Communicates the general meanings of the concepts
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involved. The definitions describe it, e.g. a patient with diabetes
reacting by refusing to give up regular sodas.
11.Assumptions: 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.
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1. Stages of Nursing Theory Development: Silent
Knowledge Received Knowledge
Subjective
Knowledge
Procedural
Knowledge
Constructed
Knowledge
2. Silent Knowledge: Blind obedience to medical authority
Following orders because that is what the physician said to do, little
attempt to develop theory
3. Received knowledge: Learning through listening to others
Borrowing theories from other disciplines (sociology, education, medicin
4. Subjective knowledge: Authority was internalized and a new sense
of self emerged
Focusing on defining nursing and developing theories
5. Procedural knowledge: Includes both separate and connected
knowledge. Difficulty attaching theory to practice
6. Constructed knowledge: Integration of different types of knowledge
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, Nursing Theory
(intuition, reason, and self-knowledge)
Shift from grand theories to middle and practice theories
7. Components of a Theory:
Phenomenon Concepts
Definitions
Assumptio
ns
8. Phenomenon: 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.
9. Concepts: 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.
10.Definitions: Communicates the general meanings of the concepts
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involved. The definitions describe it, e.g. a patient with diabetes
reacting by refusing to give up regular sodas.
11.Assumptions: 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.
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