provides you discussions about the basic concepts that make up a nursing theory.

Theory of Caring

“diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health problems.”

"Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups, and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing also includes health promotion, prevention of illness, and the care of the ill, disabled, and dying people."

Nursing is “a dynamic discipline. It is an art and science of caring for individuals, families, groups, and communities geared toward promoting and restoration of health, preventing illness, alleviating suffering, and assisting clients in facing death with dignity and peace”.

Nursing is the initiation and performance of nursing services, singly or in collaboration with another, to individuals, families, communities, and any health care setting.

Nursing is to “assist clients in the performance of activities contributing to health, its recovery or peaceful death that clients will perform unaided if they have the necessary will, strength or knowledge.

These are patterns to show a relationship between the existing theoretical works

in nursing.

Also known as Factor-isolating Theories. Identify and describe the central concepts of phenomena.

Also known as Factor-Relating Theories. Present relationship among concepts and propositions. (Cause and effect relationship are well explained)

They are otherwise known as Situation-Relating Theories. Relationships of concepts can describe future outcomes consistently. (Use of experimental research)

Also known as Situation-Producing Theories. Deal with nursing action, test the validity and certainty of a specific nursing intervention.

It is the next knowledge level after the metaparadigm. It sets forth the meaning of phenomena through analysis, reasoning, and logical argument.

These are the building blocks of theories that could either be empirical or abstract in particular phenomena.

Transport, Vascular Disease, Loss of Relationship

Wheelchair, Stroke, Divorce

the meaning of a word based on how relevant literature perceives it.

 is the meaning of a concept based on the method of how it was measured by the person who came up with that perception.

concepts representing a body of knowledge based on a researcher's perception of a particular phenomenon.

are a ready-made map for the study that is testable in the literature.

came from the Latin word, scientia, which means knowledge. It is systematic of the body of knowledge used in a discipline of study.

considered as facts of information gained from experiences of a phenomenon known in a discipline or field of study.

Compose empirical data and perceived as physically tangible experiences such as guarding behavior when in pain.

An educated guess that is a testable relationship statement.

A systematic method of studying a phenomenon that creates and enhances a body of knowledge.

It refers to the relationship between various concepts. 

For example, Children refuse to stay in the hospital because of the fear of injections.

It is something a researcher believes that is true, but there is no universal proof.

are the most general basis in the practice of nursing.

Characteristics of a theory