NR501 Week 6 Paper Nursing Theory

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A theory can be defined as a group of concepts that are interrelated and propose actions as guide practice. They can range from scientific, philosophical as well as to nursing theories. Nursing theory... can be considered as a group of policies or concepts, assumptions, relationships that can be obtained from various nursing models or disciplines. The assumptions, relationships, and propositions can be used to project a purpose and a systematic view of phenomena. The above can be designed by using the interrelated concepts in order to describe, explain predict and also prescribe medications. Nursing theories compose both principles methods used in deriving the theories that are deductive and inductive reasoning. The nursing theories would be used in order to explain nursing phenomena, processes or occurrences involved in the nursing practice. Another importance of nursing theories would be to act as a nursing foundation as well as inflict the knowledge on w [Show More]

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