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Nursing Theorieshttp://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/nursing_theories_overview.
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What is a theory?
• -a group of related concepts to guide practice• -a set of interrelated concepts offering a systematic view of a situation
aiming for explanation or predicting
May use deductive reasoning : goes from general to the specific inductive reasoning : specific to broaderhttp://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/dedind.php
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Importance of nursing theories http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/nursing_theories_overview
• -”describe, predict and explain the phenomenon of nursing” (Chinn & Jacobs 1978)
-” theory is important because it helps us to decide what we know and what we need to know” (Parsons 1949)
-”helps to distinguish what should for the basis of practice by explicitly describing nursing”
- enables review of professional boundaries
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Common concepts in nursing theory
The person / patient / client
• The environment
• Health
• Nursing goals/ roles / functions