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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024 LATEST UPDATE
EMPIRICAL KNOWING
ETHICAL KNOWING
PERSONAL KNOWING
AESTHETIC / ESTHETIC KNOWING - ANSWER FOUR WAYS OF KNOWING
EMPIRICAL KNOWING - ANSWER FOUR WAYS OF KNOWING
Principal form relating facts and descriptions aimed at the expansion of abstract and theoretical explanations. Emphasizes scientific research. Focuses on evidence-based research. o E.g Books, Journals, Online sources ETHICAL KNOWING - ANSWER FOUR WAYS OF KNOWING Requires knowledge of different philosophical positions regarding what is good and right in making moral actions and decisions. Main basis is the code of ethics for nurses. Includes all deliberate nursing actions involving and under the jurisdiction of ethics and professionalism. PERSONAL KNOWING - ANSWER FOUR WAYS OF KNOWING Knowledge of the self in relation to others and to self. Self-Awareness. Stresses that human beings are not in a fixed state but are constantly engaged in a dynamic state of changes. AESTHETIC / ESTHETIC KNOWING - ANSWER FOUR WAYS OF KNOWING Comes from the practitioners understanding of the look, feel, smell, taste and sound of things.
Requires an understanding of deep meanings in a situation and that, on the basis of those meanings, calls forth the creative resources of the nurse that transform experience into what is not yet real but envisioned as possible. COMPONENTS OF KNOWLEDGE - ANSWER. THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE - ANSWER COMPONENTS OF KNOWLEDGE Knowledge of why something is true. It states why certain truths are true. Focuses on reasoning PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE - ANSWER COMPONENTS OF KNOWLEDGE Knowledge acquired by day-to-day hands-on experiences. Gained by doing things, and is based on real-life endeavours and tasks. TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE - ANSWER SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE - ANSWER SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE Knowledge passed down from Generation to generation. AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE - ANSWER SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE Knowledge that is considered true because the source is reliable or an "expert". SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE - ANSWER SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE Knowledge acquired thru the Scientific process. PERCEPTION, ASSOCIATION, LEARNING, REASONING, COMMUNICATION - ANSWER COGNITIVE PROCESS
CONTENT
PROCESS - ANSWER COMPOSITION OF A NURSING THEORY
CONTEXT - ANSWER COMPOSITION OF A NURSING THEORY
Resembles environment to which nursing act takes place CONTENT - ANSWER COMPOSITION OF A NURSING THEORY Subject of the theory PROCESS - ANSWER COMPOSITION OF A NURSING THEORY Method by which a nurse uses a nursing theory PERSON ENVIRONMENT/SITUATION HEALTH NURSING - ANSWER CONCEPTS OF NURSING METAPARADIGM PERSON - ANSWER CONCEPTS OF NURSING METAPARADIGM The recipient of care and may include individuals, patients, groups, families and communities ENVIRONMENT/SITUATION - ANSWER CONCEPTS OF NURSING METAPARADIGM The internal and external surroundings that affect the client HEALTH - ANSWER CONCEPTS OF NURSING METAPARADIGM The degree of wellness or well-being that the client experiences. NURSING - ANSWER CONCEPTS OF NURSING METAPARADIGM The attributes, characteristics and actions of the nurse providing care on behalf of or in conjunction with the client.
NURSING METAPARADIGM - ANSWER Patterns or models used to show a clear relationship among the existing theoretical works in nursing METAPARADIGM - ANSWER It specifies the main concepts that encompass the subject and the scope of a discipline. PARADIGM - ANSWER A model that explains linkages of science, philosophy, and theory accepted and applied by the discipline It represents global issues about individuals, groups, situations, and events of interest to the profession. THEORY-PRACTICE-THEORY PRACTICE-THEORY RESEARCH-THEORY/INDUCTIVE METHOD THEORY-RESEARCH-THEORY - ANSWER METHODS OF THEORY DEVELOPMENT REASONING - ANSWER • Process of seeking conclusions thru reason COMMUNICATION • - ANSWER Transfer of data from sender to receiver. KNOWLEDGE - ANSWER Information, skills and expertise acquired thru various life experiences or thru formal/informal learning such as formal education, self-study or vocational. EDUCATION RESEARCH CLINICAL PRACTICE - ANSWER DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING THEORIES EDUCATION - ANSWER DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING THEORIES Develop and guide nursing education in universities and institutions. Basis for the nursing curriculum.
PRESCRIPTIVE - ANSWER TYPES OF THEORIES
DESCRIPTIVE / FACTOR-ISOLATING THEORIES - ANSWER Used to know the properties and workings of a discipline. Identify and describe major concepts of phenomena but not the relationship of the concepts. Main purpose is to present a phenomenon based on the 5 senses and its corresponding meaning. EXPLANATORY / FACTOR-RELATING THEORIES - ANSWER Used to examine how properties relate and thus affect the discipline. Presents relationships among concepts and propositions. Aims to provide info on how or why concepts are related PREDICTIVE / SITUATION-RELATING THEORIES - ANSWER Used to calculate the relationships between properties and how they occur Achieved when the relationships of concepts under a certain condition are able to describe future outcomes consistently. Generated and tested using experimental research PRESCRIPTIVE / SITUATION-PRODUCING THEORIES - ANSWER Used to identify under which conditions relationships occur. Deals with nursing actions and tests the validity and certainty of a specific nursing intervention. Usually used in testing new nursing interventions. EMPIRICAL INFERENTIAL ABSTRACT - ANSWER CLASSIFICATION OF CONCEPTS EMPIRICAL - ANSWER CLASSIFICATION OF CONCEPTS can be readily observed; ex: chair, desk
INFERENTIAL - ANSWER CLASSIFICATION OF CONCEPTS
indirectly observable but can be measured. ; ex: pain, blood pressure ABSTRACT - ANSWER CLASSIFICATION OF CONCEPTS not observable; difficult to measure. ; ex: stress, wellness DEFINITION PROPOSITION/THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS PHENOMENA/PHENOMENON CONCEPTS - ANSWER ELEMENTS OF A THEORY DEFINITIONS - ANSWER Meaning of the word/phrase/ term Theoretical/Descriptive definitions - ANSWER general or abstract meaning of the word/ concepts in a manner that fits the theory Operational/Procedural definitions - ANSWER concrete meaning of the word necessary to measure a concept, construct, or variable used in the study PROPOSITIONS/THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS - ANSWER Are theoretical statements that specify the proposed relationship of concepts of a theory' Theorems or statements derived from AXIOMS (statements/ assertions from which statements of theory can be logically derived) PHENOMENON/PHENOMENA - ANSWER Aspect of reality that can be consciously sensed or experienced; exists in real world. Observable facts that can be perceived through the senses and explained; extraordinary remarkable events or person. CONCEPTS - ANSWER Ideas or complex formulation of object, property or events; idea, mental image, or generalization that is derived from an individual's experience and perception
