Question

1. What at are your thoughts on the article: Nursing: Whose Discipline is it Anyway? By Northrup, Tschanz, Olynyk, Maakaroff, Szabo & Biasio (2004).

2. Why nursing theory is important to the practice of nursing? How does nursing theory elevate nursing knowledge?
3. How can theory advance nursing as a profession and as a discipline?

4. What is phenomenology? What influence has phenomenology had on nursing care? Discuss in detail the value of phenomenology and how it can help us to better understand nursing and the care we provide to our clients? Has phenomenology influenced the way you think about nursing care and the way you care for patients?

Answer 1

2. Theory

◦ Refers to a group of related concepts, definitions, and statements that describe a certain view of nursing phenome (observable occurrences) from which to describe, explain, or predict outcomes

-Represents abstract ideas rather than concrete facts

The theory is important because the practice of nursing is based on a specific body of knowledge that is built on theory

5 concepts of theory in nursing:-

1. Person

2. Environment

3. Health

4. Nursing

5. Caring

The ultimate goal of theory is to support excellence in practice.

3. These theory can advance nursing as a profession and as a discipline because it helps in providing more efficient patient care by new innovations in nursing field by upgrading in knowledge and clinical experience For example - evidence based practice .

4. Phenomenology is the study of things of how they appear in our mind , basically it is patients lived experience . Its influence on nursing care :-

Enables the nurse to appreciate the uniqueness of an individual

-Provides perspective as to the patient's personal meaning of the illness experience

-Provides an understanding or insight into how/why a patient may respond to the illness experience

-'knowing the patient' is congruent with caring in nursing