TFN midterm reviewer

An idea, thought, or notion conceived in the mind.

• EMPIRICAL

• ABSTRACT

• CONCEPTS

• ASSUMPTION

These are type of concepts EXCEPT:

• EMPIRICAL

• ABSTRACT

• ASSUMPTION

representation of an idea or body of knowledge based on the own understanding or perception of a person or researcher on a certain topic, phenomena, or theory

• CONCEPTS

• CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

• ASSUMPTION

• HYPOTHESIS

Creative and rigorous structuring of ideas that projects a tentative, purposeful, and systematic view of phenomena.

• CONCEPT

• ASSUMPTION

• THEORIES

• CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Developed from the choices and assumptions about the nature of what a particular theorist believes about nursing, what the basis of nursing knowledge is and what nurses do or practice in the real world.

a component of theories of why the theory was

formulated and specifies the

context and situations in which

it should be applied

A component of theories which are statements about the relationship between two or more concepts and are used to connect concepts to devise the theory

• PURPOSE

• CONCEPT

• THEORITICAL STATEMENTS

• MODEL

A component of theories which is The structure of a theory

provides overall form to the theory

• STRUCTURE and LINKAGES

• MODEL

• CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

• METAPARADIGM

A component of theories which are notations that are taken to be true without proof

• HYPOTHESIS

• CONCEPTS

• THEORY

• ASSUMPTION

A component of theories which are the schematic representations of some aspect of reality. Various media are used in construction of models; they may be three dimensional objects, diagrams, geometric formulas, or words

• MODELS

• STRUCTURE and LINKAGES

• CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

• DATA ORGANIZER