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Philosophy - ANSWERS✔✔-Science comprising logic, ethics, metaphysics &
epistemology.
-concerned with judgements about components of science.
-statement of beliefs and values, what people assume to be true in what they
believe. not empirically based, opinion based, public affirmation in discipline.
-"this we believe" nsg statments
-prevailing philosophy of discipline is the most widely accepted one.
Science - ANSWERS✔✔-to know (KING), body of knowledge.
-observation, identification, description, experimental investigation and theoretical
explanation of natural phenomena.
-Nsg ______ is the knowledge connected to the discipline + the process & methods
used to gain the knowledge.
-goal- identify truths/facts about discipline subject matter; who, what, where, when
& how of phenomena.
Knowledge - ANSWERS✔✔-what can be structured and represented to others out
of the process of knowing (Kramer).
-factual, awareness or perception of reality acquired through learning or
investigation.
-Suggests that science is composed of what are known about discipline subject
matter (known vs believed).
-Feigl (1953) replicable by using appropriate scientific methodologies w/in a
discipline; replication = components of phenomena provide observable &
measurable knowledge.
,-empirical- can be experienced through human senses.
Phenomena - ANSWERS✔✔-Comprise the subject matter of a discipline (grief,
caring, etc)
-A thing, fact, situation, or event of scientific interest susceptible to scientific
description and explanation
Fact - ANSWERS✔✔-Something known with certainty
Theory - ANSWERS✔✔-A set of two or more concepts, definitions, and
propositions that project a systematic view of phenomena by designing specific
interrelationships among concepts for purposes of describing, explaining, and
predicting (Chinn & Jacob, 1987; Fawcett, 2000)
• Generally, applicable in clinical practice • Facts need to be ordered in a cohesive
body that will result in an organized body of knowledge. • Provide a description,
prediction, understanding, and explanation of phenomena (Kim) • _____ allows
one to explain past events, provide a sense of understanding about current events,
predict future events and provide the potential for controlling them • Nursing
intervention is served through the ability to predict and ultimately to control
phenomena associated with health and health care • A degree of uncertainty is
inherent in ______; the concepts may be tentative and the propositions may be
predictions of what reality is believed to be like, rather than a set of known,
undeniable facts (Hoover, 1988) • The functions of _____ include summarization
of knowledge, explanation of phenomena of interest to the discipline employing
the _____, and provision of to guide, predict and ultimately to control phenomena
(Mehlberg, 1962) • T_____ are composed of assertions that state specific
relationships between two or more concepts
How does theory contribute to the scientific base of a discipline? -
ANSWERS✔✔-conceptual models and theories PRESENT DIFFERENT VIEWS
OF PHENOMENON.
, -link results of research together leading to cumulative scientific knowledge.
-provide frameworks by which to study concepts & variables.
-provide frameworks that allows interpretation of research findings beyond specific
data.
Model - ANSWERS✔✔• An idea that explains by using symbolic and physical
visualization • Symbolic models may be verbal, schematic, or quantitative • Verbal
models are worded statements • Schematic models may be diagrams, drawings,
graphs or pictures • Quantitative models are mathematical symbols • Physical
models may look like what they are supposed to represent; For example, body
organs may become more abstract while still keeping some of the physical
properties, like ECG tracings • Models can be used "to facilitate thinking about
concepts and relationships between them (Bush, 1979) or to map out the research
process (Chinn & Jacob, 1989)
Conceptual Model - ANSWERS✔✔-ABSTRACT AND GENERAL
ideas(concepts) & propositions that specify relationships.
-Integrate those concepts into a meaningful configuration (Fawcett).
Paradigm - ANSWERS✔✔Science, philosophy and theory are all components of
the domain of any scientific discipline; used to denote the prevailing network of
science, philosophy and theory accepted by a discipline
• What members of the community have in common; Includes: knowledge,
philosophy, theory, educational experience, practice orientation, research
methodology and literature identified with the discipline (shared framework and a
shared view held by a discipline (Melesis)
- The prevailing *** directs the activities of the discipline • It is accepted by the
majority of individuals within the discipline and suggest the areas of study of
interest to the discipline and the means to study them