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What does a theorist do
Try to explain reality in general, universal, abstract terms
What is a theory
a statement about things- either physical things or abstract concepts that seeks to explain their relationship
Physical things in nursing (2)
person (client) and the Nurse
Two abstract concepts in nursing
health and environment
Concept
description of and abstract thing
(example is health or environment)
Proposal
statement used to research an untested theory
Hypothesis
a predictive statement that also can be tested
Model
an abstract representation supposedly of some reality
Place the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him. One of the earliest nurse theorist and one of the few focusing on the pts environment
Nightingale
Assisting the individual to do what he would normally do unaided if he had the necessary strength, knowledge or will.
Virginia Henderson