NURS 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Model Theory, Nursing Theory, Nursing Process
26 Mar 2016
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Nurses assess, plan, implement and evaluate the patient. Defining nursing in terms of the nursing process or by functions is problematic. Multiple professionals and non-professionals perform the same tasks as nurses, and persons with the ability and authority to perform certain tasks change based on time and setting. Each discipline has a unique focus that directs the inquiry within it and distinguishes it from other fields of study. Nursing knowledge guides its professional practice, thus it is classified as a professional discipline. A discipline offers a unique perspective, a distinct way of viewing which ultimately defines the limits and nature of its inquiry. A discipline incl. networks of philosophies, theories, concepts, approaches of inquiry, research findings and practices that reflect its distinct perspective. Members of any discipline imagine and create structures that offer descriptions and explanations of the experiences that are of concern to that discipline: these structures are theories of that discipline.
