Theoretical Foundation in NursingMidterm ExaminationName: Wilbert G. Cabugao1.
What is the purpose of nursing theory?2.
Describe the relationship between nursing theory, practice, andresearch.3.
Define concept and proposition. How are concepts and propositionrelated to theory?4.
How has Florence Nightingale influenced modern nursing theory?5.
Create a situation, story, case and apply the theory to nursingprocess.Answers:1.
The purpose of nursing theory is to guide nurses in their practice oftheir profession, so to be able to maximize the outcome of nursingprocess. It is very imperative that nurses in clinical setting should havesomething to follow to create an outcome that have a definite result.In the natural sciences, the main function of theory is to guideresearch. In the practice disciplines, the main function of theory andresearch is to provide new possibilities for understanding thedisciplineds focus such as music, art, management specially nursing.2.
Nursing theory is a generally accepted law suited for a situation to befollowed or a discipline in which renders health promotion orrehabilitation, while practice is the implementation of the law or thenursing theory in a given situation for health promotion orrehabilitation. On the other hand, research is a way to formulate atheory so that it perfects the nursing practice.In Research: Nurse scholars have repeatedly insisted that nursingresearch identifies the philosophical assumptions or theoreticalframeworks from which it proceeds. That is because all thinking,writing, and speaking is based on previous assumptions about peopleand the world. New theoretical perspectives provide an essential
Nursing theory aims to describe, predict and explain the phenomenon of nursing (Chinn and Jacobs1978).
It should provide the foundations of nursing practice, help to generate further knowledge and indicate in which direction nursing should develop in the future (Brown 1964).
Theory is important because it helps us to decide what we know and what we need to know (Parsons1949).
It helps to distinguish what should form the basis of practice by explicitly describing nursing.
This can be seen as an attempt by the nursing profession to maintain its professional boundaries.