TEST BANK FOR NURSING THEORIES AND NURSING PRACTICE 4TH EDITION BY PARKER SMITH

Chapter 1 Statement of Intent The intent of this chapter is to offer an approach to understanding nursing theory within the context of the discipline of nursing, define the discipline of nursing and theory, describe the purpose of theory for the discipline of nursing, identify the structure of the discipline of nursing, and speculate on the future of nursing theory. Chapter 1 Key Terms Nursing Community of scholars Nursing knowledge Discipline Professional practice Theory Paradigm Worldviews Framework Metaparadigm Philosophy Conceptual model Grand theory Middle-range theory Nursing practice theory Clinical scholarship Empirical indicators Domain Caring Environment Persons Health Syntactical structure Conceptual structure Specialized language Tradition Values and beliefs Practice-level theory Nursing proces