29 Questions
Which nursing theory focuses on the patient's self-care needs?
Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory
What is the primary focus of Nightingale's Environmental Theory?
Environmental factors that affect patient care
Which theory is classified as a middle-range theory?
Leininger's Culture Care Theory
What is the purpose of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Clinical Judgment Model?
To evaluate nursing students' clinical judgment abilities
What is the relationship between nursing knowledge and theory?
Nursing knowledge is both theoretical and experiential
Which phase of Peplau's Interpersonal Theory involves the nurse and patient working together to achieve a goal?
Working
What is the main focus of Leininger's Culture Care Theory?
Cultural care diversity and universality
What is the primary purpose of a nursing theory?
To explain the relationships among concepts in nursing practice
What is the term for the relationships of various components that make up the knowledge of a discipline?
Metatheory
What are the three components of a domain of nursing?
Person, Health, Environment
What is the term for the dynamic and responsive process of nursing theory development?
Evolution of nursing theory
What is the term for the definition of ideas or concepts in a nursing theory?
Conceptualization
What is the primary characteristic of a grand theory?
Abstract, broad in scope, and complex
Which type of theory is concerned with describing phenomena and identifying circumstances in which they occur?
Descriptive theory
What is the primary focus of the research era in nursing theory development?
Conducting research to inform nursing practice
What is the term for the process of using nursing theories to inform nursing practice?
Theory utilization era
What is the primary goal of nursing knowledge?
To explain the practice of nursing as different and distinct from other health care disciplines
What is the relationship between theory and nursing knowledge?
Theory generates nursing knowledge, supporting EBP
What is a characteristic of shared theories in nursing?
They are based on systems theory
What is the primary focus of prescriptive theories in nursing?
Addressing nursing interventions for a phenomenon and guiding practice change
What is the role of the nursing process in theory-based nursing practice?
A system that is part of theory-based practice
What is the primary goal of theoretical knowledge in nursing science and practice?
To stimulate thinking and create a broad understanding
What is experiential knowledge in nursing based on?
Nurses' experiences in providing care to patients
What do nurses consider when determining whether a theory can be used in practice?
Findings from theory-based research
What is the outcome of both theory-generating and theory-testing research in nursing?
Refinement of the knowledge base of nursing
How do nurses incorporate research into practice?
By incorporating research-based interventions into theory-based practice
What type of research uses logic to explore relationships among phenomena?
Theory-generating research
What is the relationship between theory and research in nursing?
Research is used to develop new theories
What is the ultimate goal of integrating theory, knowledge, and research in nursing?
To improve patient outcomes through evidence-based practice
Study Notes
Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice
- Theory serves as the foundation for nursing care, and it is bound together with research and practice in a continuous interactive relationship.
- Theory helps explain an event by defining ideas or concepts, explaining relationships among the concepts, and predicting outcomes.
Components of a Theory
- Phenomenon
- Concepts
- Definitions
- Theoretical/conceptual
- Operational
- Assumptions
Domain of Nursing
- Domain
- Paradigm
- Conceptual framework
- Nursing metaparadigm
- Person
- Health
- Environment/Situation
Evolution of Nursing Theory
- First nursing theorist: Florence Nightingale
- Stages of evolution:
- Curriculum era: 1900s-1940s
- Research era: 1950s-1970s
- Graduate education era: 1950s-1970s
- Theory era: 1980s-1990s
- Theory utilization era: 2000s-today
Types of Theory
- Grand: Abstract, broad in scope, complex
- Middle-range: Limited in scope and less abstract
- Practice: Narrow in scope and focus
- Descriptive: Describe phenomena and identify circumstances in which phenomena occur
- Prescriptive: Address nursing interventions for a phenomenon, guide practice change, and predict the consequences
Theory-Based Nursing Practice
- Nursing knowledge is derived from basic and nursing sciences, experience, aesthetics, nurses' attitudes, and standards of practice
- Goal of nursing knowledge: To explain the practice of nursing as different and distinct from the practice of medicine, psychology, and other health care disciplines
- Theory generates nursing knowledge for use in practice, thus supporting EBP
Shared Theories
- Explain a phenomenon specific to the discipline that developed the theory
- Several nursing theories are based on systems theory, which includes the nursing process as a system
- Nursing process components:
- Input
- Output
- Feedback
- Content
Select Nursing Theories
- Nightingale's Environmental Theory
- Focus on environment as the focus of nursing care
- Grand theory
- Peplau's Interpersonal Theory
- Focus on interpersonal relations between nurse, patient, and patient's family
- Phases: preorientation, orientation, working, resolution
- Middle-range theory
- Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory
- Focus on patient's self-care needs
- Continually assess how much self-care a patient is able to perform
- Grand theory
- Leininger's Culture Care Theory
- Theory of cultural care diversity and universality
- Integrates patients' cultural traditions, values, and beliefs into care plans
- Middle-range theory
- National Council of State Boards of Nursing Clinical Judgment Model
- Developed to help guide nursing educators in evaluating nursing students' abilities to make clinical judgments
- Model with multiple layers that help explain the cognitive process nurses use to make clinical judgments
- Students can use this model to learn how to think like a nurse and make safe clinical decisions
Links Among Theory and Knowledge Development and Research in Nursing
- Nursing knowledge is theoretical and experiential
- Theoretical knowledge: goals are to stimulate thinking and create a broad understanding of nursing science and practice
- Experiential knowledge: based on nurses' experiences in providing care to patients
- Nurses consider findings from theory-based research to determine whether the theory can be used in practice
- Research is used to develop new theories and refine the knowledge base of nursing
- Theory-generating research: uses logic to explore relationships among phenomena
- Theory-testing research: determines how accurately a theory describes a nursing phenomenon
This quiz covers the theoretical foundations of nursing practice, including the relationship between theory, research, and practice. It's based on the 11th edition of the Fundamentals of Nursing textbook.
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