Does Nursing Theory Assist The Delivery Of Care To Patients?
Unit 1-4
Midterms
Submitted to: Dr. C. Dimaculangan
Submitted by: Johanna Patricia B. Posada, RN
Unit I- Introduction to Theory
1. How does the Nursing Theory assist the practicing nurse in the delivery of care to patients? Explain your answer.
Nursing theories are important to the lives of nurses because they help develop and understand further the nursing practice. These were formulated by the theorists because they believed that these will aid nurses in the holistic health care delivery and furthermore help in collaborating with other disciplines and practices. These guide the nurse on what nursing is and is used as a guide for other ideas and techniques for nursing. Fawcell (1992) stated the ways in which theories and …show more content…
It also can identify individual nursing processes to be used and technologies to be used. They also serve as the basis for clinical information systems including the admission data base, nursing orders, care plan, progress notes, and discharge summary. Theory helps to identify the focus, the means, and the goals of practice. It helps develop communication, augments accountability to care, and present independence to the profession. In the example of Florence Nightingale, her view on nursing is focused on physical environment. She believed that healthy surroundings were necessary for proper nursing care and restoration of health. Her essential components, (pure air, pure water, efficient drainage, cleanliness and light) is still very relevant in nursing practice nowadays as in her time. Although pure air is still not applicable in our setting, especially in government hospitals where there are no air conditioners, they still try to provide electric fans for our clients and …show more content…
It covers concepts such as pain, symptom management, cultural issues and health promotion.
4. Practice/Prescriptive/Microtheory
These explain prescriptions or modalities for practice. It explores one particular situation found in nursing. Its essence is a defined or identified goal and prescriptions for interventions or activities to achieve the goal.
The following are theories based on purpose:
1. Descriptive Theories
This is the first and most important level of theory development – Barnum (1998)
They describe, observe and name concepts, properties and dimensions but they do not explain the interrelationships among the concepts or propositions and they do not indicate how changes in one concept affect other concepts.
2. Explanatory Theories
It is the second level of theory development. This can be viewed in relation to other phenomena. They attempt to tell how or why the concepts are related and may deal with causality, correlations and rules that regulate interactions.
3. Predictive
The third level of theory development. They describe precise relationships between concepts. They presuppose prior existence of the more elementary types of theories and they describe future outcomes
Midterms
Submitted to: Dr. C. Dimaculangan
Submitted by: Johanna Patricia B. Posada, RN
Unit I- Introduction to Theory
1. How does the Nursing Theory assist the practicing nurse in the delivery of care to patients? Explain your answer.
Nursing theories are important to the lives of nurses because they help develop and understand further the nursing practice. These were formulated by the theorists because they believed that these will aid nurses in the holistic health care delivery and furthermore help in collaborating with other disciplines and practices. These guide the nurse on what nursing is and is used as a guide for other ideas and techniques for nursing. Fawcell (1992) stated the ways in which theories and …show more content…
It also can identify individual nursing processes to be used and technologies to be used. They also serve as the basis for clinical information systems including the admission data base, nursing orders, care plan, progress notes, and discharge summary. Theory helps to identify the focus, the means, and the goals of practice. It helps develop communication, augments accountability to care, and present independence to the profession. In the example of Florence Nightingale, her view on nursing is focused on physical environment. She believed that healthy surroundings were necessary for proper nursing care and restoration of health. Her essential components, (pure air, pure water, efficient drainage, cleanliness and light) is still very relevant in nursing practice nowadays as in her time. Although pure air is still not applicable in our setting, especially in government hospitals where there are no air conditioners, they still try to provide electric fans for our clients and …show more content…
It covers concepts such as pain, symptom management, cultural issues and health promotion.
4. Practice/Prescriptive/Microtheory
These explain prescriptions or modalities for practice. It explores one particular situation found in nursing. Its essence is a defined or identified goal and prescriptions for interventions or activities to achieve the goal.
The following are theories based on purpose:
1. Descriptive Theories
This is the first and most important level of theory development – Barnum (1998)
They describe, observe and name concepts, properties and dimensions but they do not explain the interrelationships among the concepts or propositions and they do not indicate how changes in one concept affect other concepts.
2. Explanatory Theories
It is the second level of theory development. This can be viewed in relation to other phenomena. They attempt to tell how or why the concepts are related and may deal with causality, correlations and rules that regulate interactions.
3. Predictive
The third level of theory development. They describe precise relationships between concepts. They presuppose prior existence of the more elementary types of theories and they describe future outcomes