Metatheory for Unifying Nursing: Complexity Integration Nursing Theory

An Integral Philosophy and Definition of Nursing: Implications for a Unifying Meta-Theory of Nursing

[Nursing care in the perspective of complexity for nursing professors].

The complex nursing care is essential for understanding the human being as unique and multidimensional. This study aimed at knowing what nursing care means to nurse-teachers in the perspective of complexity. It is a qualitative research, carried out with seven nurse-teachers of a nursing school from central Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data were collected in November 2011, through focus group,fro...

Nursing Theory in Holistic Nursing Practice

Concept: An abstract idea or notion. Conceptual model: A group of interrelated concepts described to suggest relationships among them. Framework: A basic structure; the context in which theory is developed; the structure that permits theory to be understood. Grand theory: A theory that covers a broad area of the discipline’s concerns. Metaparadigm: Concepts that identify the domain of a discipl...

Chaos, complexity and nursing.

Chaos and complexity theories have implications for nursing practice. Chaotic systems, potentially including health, the NHS and nursing, are governed by rules which should be understood in order to try to predict future behaviour. Complexity relates to the interconnectedness of things and fits neatly with the concept of holistic care. It can also make important contributions towards restructur...

NURSING THEORY AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT OR ANALYSIS Careful nursing: a model for contemporary nursing practice

Correspondence: Therese Connell Meehan, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland. E-mail: [email protected] MEEHAN T.C. (2003) Journal of Advanced Nursing 44(1), 99–107 Careful nursing: a model for contemporary nursing practice Background. Careful nursing, a system of nursing developed in Ireland by Cath...