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Article Evaluation: Nursing Theory
This was a great, short overview of what nursing theory means, and I was able to understand the meaning of the terms a little better that how I understood it from our McEwen class book. It was written more in laymen's terms for all the theory newbies. The article appeared to be neutral, except for the last part about Florence Nightingale and saying that she didn't actually formulate a theory. Furthermore, in the Nightingale passage there was no credible source to back up the passage. I would have liked the article to go more in depth over view about each nursing theory, perhaps a theorist and real-life example. I noticed some of the citation sources were in red and they did not work, does this mean this is not a credible source anymore? Also, reference number 2 appeared not credible to me so when I clicked on it the link didn't work. The section on "Types of nursing theories" is credited but not each individual passage. Source 8 doesn't seem to be credible because it looks like a blog page. Overall, I think the article could be expanded with more information on each theory and provide the theorists names that belong to either grand, middle, or practice theory. Furthermore, either delete the Nightingale passage or provide more credible sources. The article is rated Start-Mid and part of WikiProject Nursing. On the Talk page people are mentioning how this article should be expanded, by grad students. Someone also mentioned how "ways of knowing" should be included, which I agree with. Like I mentioned before, it was written more in laymen't terms, but it didn't really go in depth about theory like how our class does. This page more simply states the terminology/components of a nursing theory.
Common concepts of nursing: a metaparadigm
editA metaparadigm contains philosophical worldviews and concepts that are unique to a discipline and defines boundaries that separate it from other disciplines. A metaparadigm is intended to help guide others to conduct research and utilize the concepts for academia within that discipline. The nursing metaparadigm consist of four main concepts: person, health, environment, and nursing. [1]
- The person (Patient)
- The environment
- Health
- Nursing (Goals, Roles Functions)
Each theory is regularly defined and described by a Nursing Theorist. The main focal point of nursing out of the four various common concepts is the person (patient).
- ^ McEwen, Melanie; Wills, Evelyn (2014). Theoretical basis for nursing. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Williams. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-4511-9031-1.