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The domain of nursing is:
perspective of a profession & provides a practical and theoretical orientations for a discipline
A declarative assertion
proposition
These are two Practice-Based Theories
Florence Nightingale & The McGill Model
One of the 1st nursing theorists, believed the role of the nurse was to put the patient in the best position possible and let nature act
Florence Nightingale
Believed cclients are a unity of mind, body spirit, function of nursing was caring - not just for the sick person, she made nurses "care" part of the body of nursing knowledge
Jean Watson
The paradigm of nursing links these 3 things
science, philosophy, theories
This type of theory is: borad, general, global conceptual framework, provides info about the phenomenon & is a foundation of other types
These are 2 Needs Theorists
Believed humans have 14 basic needs & the role of the nurse is o respoond the each individual need and help individuals meet those needs regardless of the need, holistic
This provides a systematic view for explaining, predicting, and prescribing phenomena
Nursing theory
This type of theory has a more narrow scope, addresses a concept that is related to something in practice, and overlaps more than one field of study
Middle-range theory
Hildegard Palau, Joyce Travelbee, Evelyn Adam
She based her work on Henderson's, developed the Self Care Theory, she considered lifestyle factors and believed the role of the nurse was to act temporarily on the patent until the patient is as independent as possible
Dorothea Orem
The 4 Nursing Metaparadigm concepts
1. Client & Person
2. Environment
3. Health
4. Nursing
This type of theory: describes a phenomenons reasons and consequences, relates things and serves to predict, explains assessments and guides research
Descriptive Theory
4 Systems Theorists
Dorothy Johnson, University of BC Model, Betty Neuman, Sister Callista Roy
Believed the role of the nurse is to engage with the patient in a therapeutic way, and to help the patient achieve their own goals, to prevent illness, connect with the patient in a way to get data from the interaction to gain insight into the behaviour and what patient is needing
Hildegard Paplau
4 components of a theory
phenomenon, concepts, operational definitions, assumptions
Prescriptive Theory
Martha Rogers, Rosemarie Parse, Jean Watson
She did not break the patient down into subsysems, she believed the client was a whole system with everything connected to eachother, she focused on prevention, was mindful of stresses on the patient, the the client system is vulnerable to all kinds of environmental stressors