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what are the three main 1. ontological
areas of nursing 2. epistemology
philosophy? 3. ehtics
the nature of being
what is ontological
-what does it mean to be a nurse?
philosophy?
-what do nurses do in order to be a nurse?
the nature of knowledge
what is epistemology
- knowledge shared among nurses, therefore solid
philosophy?
and constant care is provided
the nature of moral thought
what is ethics philosophy?
- doing the right thing
nursing knowledge - concepts
organized and - conceptual framework
communicated by using - theories
what 4 ideas? - models
idea, it is abstract ideas or mental images of
what is a concept?
phenomena or reality
what is a conceptual it describes an idea, it is a group of related ideas,
framework? statements, or concpets
, it describes a set of idea, and is derived from a basic
idea,
it creates relationships among two or more concepts
what is a theory? to form a detailed view of a phenomenon
- attempt to explain relationships between concepts
- offer ways to conceptualize central interests of a
discipline
what is a model? it is a drawing of the framework or theory
1. concrete
what are the 3 kinds of
2. inferential
concepts?
3. abstract
- something that cannot change
what is a concrete
- it is not subjective, it is objective
concept?
- cannot make assumptions
what is inferential - not directly observable
concept? - something a patient tells you
True or False: concepts true
are considered the
building blocks of theories
- not observable
- what is happening in the pts life
what is abstract concept?
- their triggers
- who their support system is
True or False: a false, it is more abstract that an theory
conceptual framework is
not as abstract than a
theory
what does having a - structure of the mind
conceptual framework - it helps focus thoughts to provide the best care
help?