Professional Nursing Practice Concepts and Perspectives Seventh Edition

Learning Objectives 6. 1 Describe the nature of knowledge development. 6. 2 Differentiate among

Hallmark Features • A focus on foundational knowledge related to professional nursing – Includes

Challenges and Opportunities • Traditional gap between academia and practice – Nursing theory considered

Learning Objective 6. 1 Describe the nature of knowledge development. Copyright © 2016, 2012,

Worldviews and Knowledge Development • Theory – A system of ideas proposed to explain

Worldviews and Knowledge Development • Nursing theory – Not part of nursing education when

Worldviews and Knowledge Development • Worldviews – Different theories represent different worldviews – Individuals

Worldviews and Knowledge Development • Positivist approach paradigm – – – 18 th-century Age

Worldviews and Knowledge Development • Constructivist paradigm – – Science is embedded in time

Worldviews and Knowledge Development • Categories of theories – Philosophy Nature of things, aims

Worldviews and Knowledge Development • Categories of theories – Grand theory (nursing theories) General,

Table 6 -1 Nursing Theorists and Their Theoretical Scope Philosophies Nursing Models Nursing Theories

Learning Objective 6. 2 Differentiate among the terms concept, conceptual framework, and conceptual model.

Defining Terms • Concepts – Building blocks of theory – Abstract ideas or mental

Defining Terms • Four concepts of the metaparadigm of nursing – – Person or

Theory Development in Nursing • Theory and conceptual framework differ in levels of abstraction

Theory Development in Nursing • Theory – Supposition or system of ideas to explain

Theory Development in Nursing • Theory testing – Deductive approach – Compares outcomes with

Theory Development in Nursing • Five kinds of knowledge – – – Revealed Intuitive

Theory Development in Nursing • Ways-of-knowing framework – – Empirical Aesthetic Personal Ethical Copyright

Learning Objective 6. 3 Analyze the development of knowledge in nursing. Copyright © 2016,

Theory Development in Nursing • Source of discussion and debate regarding uniqueness • Borrowed

Learning Objective 6. 4 Compare theoretical approach of selected nurse theorists. Copyright © 2016,

Nightingale’s Environmental Theory • Florence Nightingale, first nurse theorist • Five environmental factors; deficiencies

Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations Model • Hildegard Peplau, psychiatric nurse • Based on psychoanalytic theory,

Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations Model • Psychodynamic nursing • Nurse-client relationship evolves in four phases

Henderson’s Definition of Nursing • Virginia Henderson, known for Textbook on the Principles and

Henderson’s Definition of Nursing • The individual needs – To maintain physiological and emotional

Henderson’s Definition of Nursing • Nurse’s focus to help individuals and families in 14

Rogers’s Science of Unitary Human Beings • Martha Rogers’s theory presented in 1970 –

Rogers’s Science of Unitary Human Beings • Individuals and the environment are characterized as

Rogers’s Science of Unitary Human Beings • Three principles of homeodynamics – Integrality –

Rogers’s Science of Unitary Human Beings • Rogers’s theory applied to nursing practice –

Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing • Dorothea Orem’s theory published in 1971 •

Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing • Self-care theory based on four concepts –

Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing • Self-care deficit theory, five methods of helping

Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing • Three types of nursing systems – Wholly

King’s Goal-Attainment Theory • Imogene King’s theory based on mutual goal setting of the

King’s Goal-Attainment Theory • Transactions – Purposeful interactions that lead to goal attainment –

King’s Goal-Attainment Theory • King’s seven hypotheses in goal-attainment theory – Perceptual congruence –

King’s Goal-Attainment Theory • King’s seven hypotheses in goal-attainment theory – Role conflict decreases

Neuman’s Systems Model • Betty Neuman’s theory based on Gestalt theory and others •

Neuman’s Systems Model • Five client system variables – – – Physiological Psychological Sociocultural

Neuman’s Systems Model • Client is a basic structure with central core of energy

Neuman’s Systems Model • Stressor is any environmental force that alters the system’s stability

Neuman’s Systems Model • Adapting to stressor is known as reconstitution • Nursing interventions

Roy’s Adaptation Model • Callista Roy’s theory is based on Harry Helson’s work in

Roy’s Adaptation Model • Adaptive responses contribute to health – Each person’s adaptive level

Benner’s Novice to Expert • Patricia Benner’s thinking was influenced by Virginia Henderson and

Benner’s Novice to Expert • Five levels – – – Novice Advanced beginner Competent

Benner’s Novice to Expert • As one moves through the levels, four aspects of

The Caring Theorists • Provide a link between generic caring and the uniqueness of

The Caring Theorists • Core value encompassing – – – Altruism Autonomy Human dignity

The Caring Theorists • The caring theorists; see Table 6− 2 – – –

Table 6 -2 Comparison of Caring Models and Theories Mayeroff Leininger Roach Watson Boykin

Table 6 -2 (Continued) Expression in nursing It assists the nurse in developing a

Mayeroff On Caring • Milton Mayeroff’s conception of caring – Helping others to grow

Watson’s Human Caring Theory • Jean Watson believes that caring is central to nursing

Watson’s Human Caring Theory • Major elements – Carative factors – Transpersonal caring relationship

Leininger’s Culture Care Diversity and Universality Theory • Madeleine Leininger’s sunrise model depicts her

Leininger’s Culture Care Diversity and Universality Theory • Transcultural nursing focuses on comparative study

Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort • Katherine Kolcaba’s theory defines comfort as the immediate and

Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort • Four contexts of experience – – Physical Psychospiritual Social

Mishel’s Uncertainty in Illness Theory • Theory developed from information-processing model used by psychology

Mishel’s Uncertainty in Illness Theory • Assumptions of this theory are – Uncertainty is

Mishel’s Uncertainty in Illness Theory • Assumptions of this theory are – People function

Learning Objective 6. 5 Identify the relationship between nursing process and nursing theory. Copyright

Relationship of Theories to the Nursing Process and Research • Theories – – –

Relationship of Theories to the Nursing Process and Research • Conceptual models for nursing,

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Learning Objectives 6. 1 Describe the nature of knowledge development. 6. 2 Differentiate among the terms concept, conceptual framework, and conceptual model. 6. 3 Analyze the development of knowledge in nursing. 6. 4 Compare theoretical approach of selected nurse theorists. 6. 5 Identify the relationship between nursing process and nursing theory. Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Hallmark Features • A focus on foundational knowledge related to professional nursing – Includes nursing history, nursing theory, ethics, and legal aspects, etc. • An overview of professional nursing roles, issues, and changes in the profession – Discusses nurses as healthcare providers, learners and teachers, and leaders Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Challenges and Opportunities • Traditional gap between academia and practice – Nursing theory considered ethereal and unrelated to the real world of nursing by practicing nurses • Theory development is foundation for knowledge development – Drawn from multiple and diverse approaches – Allows application to what is the best fit – Does this best serve the profession? Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Worldviews and Knowledge Development • Theory – A system of ideas proposed to explain something – Improves practice by describing, explaining, predicting, and controlling phenomena – Guides practice, education, and research – Provides professional autonomy – Study helps develop analytical skills Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Worldviews and Knowledge Development • Nursing theory – Not part of nursing education when first developed – Until the 1950 s, practice based on principles and traditions • Florence Nightingale first proposed nursing knowledge as different and distinct from medical knowledge Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Worldviews and Knowledge Development • Worldviews – Different theories represent different worldviews – Individuals who think and see the world in different ways create theories – Provide contrasting paradigms (structures for organizing theory) – Provide different traditions and approaches to science and knowledge development Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Worldviews and Knowledge Development • Positivist approach paradigm – – – 18 th-century Age of Enlightenment Natural law Linear Cause and effect using experimental research methods General to specific Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Worldviews and Knowledge Development • Constructivist paradigm – – Science is embedded in time because truth is dynamic Reality not fixed Truth is found in one’s experiences Research uses naturalistic settings and observational methods – Specific to general Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Worldviews and Knowledge Development • Categories of theories – Philosophy Nature of things, aims to provide broad understanding – Nursing models Form interrelationships among concepts and definitions to provide organized perspective Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Worldviews and Knowledge Development • Categories of theories – Grand theory (nursing theories) General, broad, and complex – Middle-range theory Narrower focus, refined through series of studies – See Table 6− 1 Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Table 6 -1 Nursing Theorists and Their Theoretical Scope Philosophies Nursing Models Nursing Theories Middle-Range Theories Jean Watson’s philosophy and science of caring Martha Rogers’s unitary human beings Madeleine Leininger’s culture care theory of diversity and universality Merle Mishel’s uncertainty in illness theory Marilyn Ray’s theory of bureaucratic caring Dorothea Orem’s selfcare deficit theory Margaret Newman’s health as expanding consciousness Katherine Kolcaba’s theory of comfort Patricia Benner’s novice to expert Betty Neuman’s systems model Rosemarie Parse’s human becoming theory Cheryl Beck’s postpartum depression theory Sister Callista Roy’s adaptation model Afaf Meleis’s transition theory Kristen Swanson’s theory of caring Imogene King’s theory of goal attainment Anne Boykin and Savina Schoenhofer’s theory of nursing as caring Ramona Mercer’s maternal role attainment Source: Based on Nursing Theorists and Their Work (7 th ed. ), by A. M. Tomey and M. R. Alligood, 2010, St. Louis, MO: Mosby. Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Defining Terms • Concepts – Building blocks of theory – Abstract ideas or mental images • Concepts may be – Readily observable, or concrete – Indirectly observable, or inferential – Nonobservable, or abstract Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Theory Development in Nursing • Theory and conceptual framework differ in levels of abstraction • Conceptual framework more abstract – Provides overall view to focus thoughts – Umbrella under which concepts exist • Conceptual model/conceptual framework – A graphic illustration of a conceptual framework Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Theory Development in Nursing • Theory – Supposition or system of ideas to explain a given phenomenon – Relates concepts by using definitions that state significant relationships between concepts • Knowledge development – Deductive or inductive approach Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Theory Development in Nursing • Theory testing – Deductive approach – Compares outcomes with relationship predicted by hypothesis drawn from theory and linked to concept • Theory generation – Inductive approach Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Theory Development in Nursing • Source of discussion and debate regarding uniqueness • Borrowed or shared • Result is diversity of theories Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Nightingale’s Environmental Theory • Florence Nightingale, first nurse theorist • Five environmental factors; deficiencies in these result in poor health – – – Pure or fresh air Pure water Efficient drainage Cleanliness Light, especially direct sunlight Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations Model • Hildegard Peplau, psychiatric nurse • Based on psychoanalytic theory, principles of social learning, concepts of human motivation and personality development Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations Model • Psychodynamic nursing • Nurse-client relationship evolves in four phases – – Orientation Identification Exploitation Resolution Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Henderson’s Definition of Nursing • Virginia Henderson, known for Textbook on the Principles and Practices of Nursing • Formulated a definition of the unique function of nursing • Basic to definition are assumptions about the individual Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Henderson’s Definition of Nursing • The individual needs – To maintain physiological and emotional balance – Assistance to achieve health and independence or a peaceful death – Necessary strength, will, or knowledge to achieve or maintain health Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Henderson’s Definition of Nursing • Nurse’s focus to help individuals and families in 14 fundamental needs – – – Breathing normally Eating and drinking adequately Eliminating body wastes Moving and maintaining a desirable position Sleeping and resting Selecting suitable clothing Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Henderson’s Definition of Nursing • Nurse’s focus to help individuals and families in 14 fundamental needs – Maintaining body temperature within normal range by adjusting clothing and modifying the environment – Keeping the body clean and well groomed to protect the integument – Avoiding dangers in the environment and avoiding injuring others – Communicating with others in expressing emotions, needs, fears, or opinions Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Henderson’s Definition of Nursing • Nurse’s focus to help individuals and families in 14 fundamental needs – Worshipping according to one’s faith – Working in such a way that one feels a sense of accomplishment – Playing or participating in various forms of recreation – Learning, discovering, or satisfying the curiosity that leads to normal development and health, and using available heath facilities Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Rogers’s Science of Unitary Human Beings • Martha Rogers’s theory presented in 1970 – Humans are dynamic energy fields in continuous exchange with environmental fields – Unitary human beings Irreducible energy field identified by patterns Manifest characteristics different from sum of parts Interacts continuously and creatively with environment Behave as totality Sentient, participate creatively in change Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Rogers’s Science of Unitary Human Beings • Individuals and the environment are characterized as – – Energy fields Open systems Uniquely patterned and organized Pandimensional Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Rogers’s Science of Unitary Human Beings • Rogers’s theory applied to nursing practice – Focuses on the person’s wholeness – Seeks to promote symphonic interaction between the two energy fields to strengthen the coherence and integrity of the person – Coordinates the human field with rhythmicities of the environmental field – Directs patterns of interactions between the two energy fields to promote maximum health potential Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing • Dorothea Orem’s theory published in 1971 • Referred to as the self-care deficit theory of nursing – Based on theories of self-care, self-care deficit, and nursing systems Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing • Self-care theory based on four concepts – Self-care agency Self-care agent Dependent-care agent – Self-care requisites Universal requisites Developmental requisites Health deviation requisites – Therapeutic self-care demand Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing • Self-care deficit theory, five methods of helping – – – Acting or doing for Guiding Teaching Supporting Providing an environment promoting individual’s abilities to meet current and future demands Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing • Three types of nursing systems – Wholly compensatory – Partly compensatory – Supportive-educative Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

King’s Goal-Attainment Theory • Imogene King’s theory based on mutual goal setting of the nurse and patient • Three dynamic interacting systems – Personal (individuals) – Interpersonal (groups) – Social (society) Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

King’s Goal-Attainment Theory • Transactions – Purposeful interactions that lead to goal attainment – Characteristics of transactions Social exchange, bargaining, and negotiating Perceptual accuracy in nurse-client interaction Lead to goal attainment Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

King’s Goal-Attainment Theory • King’s seven hypotheses in goal-attainment theory – Perceptual congruence – Communication increases mutual goal setting – Satisfaction in nurses and clients increases goal attainment – Goal attainment decreases stress and anxiety – Goal attainment increases learning and coping Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

King’s Goal-Attainment Theory • King’s seven hypotheses in goal-attainment theory – Role conflict decreases transactions – Congruence in role expectations and performance increases transactions Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Neuman’s Systems Model • Betty Neuman’s theory based on Gestalt theory and others • Focuses on the wellness of the client in relation to environmental stressors and reactions to stressors Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Neuman’s Systems Model • Client is a basic structure with central core of energy surrounded by two lines of resistance – Inner or normal line of defense – Flexible line of defense Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Neuman’s Systems Model • Stressor is any environmental force that alters the system’s stability – – Internal stressors Interpersonal stressors Extrapersonal stressors Created stressors Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Neuman’s Systems Model • Adapting to stressor is known as reconstitution • Nursing interventions focus on three preventive levels – Primary prevention – Secondary prevention – Tertiary prevention Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Roy’s Adaptation Model • Callista Roy’s theory is based on Harry Helson’s work in psychophysics • Focuses on individuals as a biopsychosocial adaptive system • Employs a feedback cycle – Input – Throughput – Output Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Roy’s Adaptation Model • Adaptive responses contribute to health – Each person’s adaptive level is unique and constantly changes • Classes of stimuli – Focal stimuli – Contextual stimuli – Residual stimuli Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Benner’s Novice to Expert • Patricia Benner’s thinking was influenced by Virginia Henderson and Hubert Dreyfus • Adapted Dreyfus and Dreyfus model of skill acquisition and skill development to clinical practice nursing Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Benner’s Novice to Expert • As one moves through the levels, four aspects of performance change – Movement from abstraction to use of past concrete experiences – Shift from analytical to intuitive – Viewing the situation from relevant bits to complex whole – Detached observer to fully engaged in the situation Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Caring Theorists • Provide a link between generic caring and the uniqueness of nursing • Caring is a central concept to the practice of professional nursing Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Caring Theorists • The caring theorists; see Table 6− 2 – – – Milton Mayeroff Jean Watson Madeleine Leininger Simone Roach Anne Boykin and Savina Schoenhofer Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Table 6 -2 Comparison of Caring Models and Theories Mayeroff Leininger Roach Watson Boykin and Schoenhofer Perspective on caring To care for another person is to help that person grow and actualize. Care is the essence of nursing. Caring is the human mode of being. Individual healing processes can be strengthened through authentic caring relationships. Caring is an essential feature and expression of being human. Unique focus Major ingredients of caring are knowing, alternating rhythms, patience, honesty, trust, humility, hope, and courage. Caring is inextricably linked with culture. Caring is not unique to nursing but is unique in nursing. Caritas processes are based on the carative factors. A transpersonal caring relationship is established through the processes of caring and healing and being in an authentic relationship, in the moment. Nurturing involves persons living and growing in caring. Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Table 6 -2 (Continued) Expression in nursing It assists the nurse in developing a sense of self as a caring person. Provide culturally acceptable care. Professionalization of caring is expressed through the 5 C's of caring: Compassion Competence Confidence Conscience Commitment Watson's theory stresses the importance of the lived experience not only of the client but of the nurse. Both the nurse and the client come together in a caring moment. Caring is the intentional and authentic presence of the nurse with another who is recognized as a person living and growing in caring. Discipline of origin Philosophy Anthropology Philosophy Humanism and metaphysics Philosophy, human science, and nursing Source: Based on “Caring: Theoretical Perspectives of Relevance to Nursing, ” by T. V. Mc. Cance, H. P. Mc. Kenna, and J. R. P. Boore, 1999, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 30(6), pp. 1388– 1395; On Caring, by M. Maycroff, 1971, New York, NY: Harper Perennial; Nursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Nursing Practice, by A. Boykin and S. Schoenhofer, 1993, National League for Nursing Press. Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett; Theory of Human Caring, by J. Watson, in Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice (pp. 351– 369), by M. Parker (Ed. ), 2010, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis. Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Mayeroff On Caring • Milton Mayeroff’s conception of caring – Helping others to grow – Caring consists of § Knowing, alternating rhythms, patience § Honesty, trust, tumility § Hope, courage Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Watson’s Human Caring Theory • Jean Watson believes that caring is central to nursing • Two major assumptions – Care and love constitute the primal and universal psychic energy – Care and love are requisite for our survival and the nourishment of humanity Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Watson’s Human Caring Theory • Major elements – Carative factors – Transpersonal caring relationship – Caring moment/caring occasion Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Leininger’s Culture Care Diversity and Universality Theory • Madeleine Leininger’s sunrise model depicts her theory • Caring and culture are inextricably linked Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Leininger’s Culture Care Diversity and Universality Theory • Transcultural nursing focuses on comparative study and analysis of different cultures and subcultures – Goal of transcultural nursing is to develop a scientific body of knowledge to provide culture-specific and culture-universal nursing practices • Focuses on diversity and universality Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort • Katherine Kolcaba’s theory defines comfort as the immediate and holistic experience of being strengthened through having the needs met for three types of comfort – Relief – Ease – Transcendence Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort • Four contexts of experience – – Physical Psychospiritual Social Environmental • With this theory nurses identify unmet comfort needs of clients Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Mishel’s Uncertainty in Illness Theory • Theory developed from information-processing model used by psychology • Uncertainty is the inability to determine meaning of illness-related events when decision maker can’t assign value to objects or events Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Mishel’s Uncertainty in Illness Theory • Assumptions of this theory are – Uncertainty is a cognitive state – Uncertainty is neutral until interpreted as desirable or aversive – Adaptation is the desired outcome – The relationships among illness move from uncertainty to adaptation Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Mishel’s Uncertainty in Illness Theory • Assumptions of this theory are – People function in far-from-equilibrium states – Major fluctuations in far-from-equilibrium states enhance receptivity to change – Fluctuations result in repatterning Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Relationship of Theories to the Nursing Process and Research • Theories – – – Different from set of concepts Relate concepts in a logical, testable way Provide clarity Create foundation Developed through research Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Relationship of Theories to the Nursing Process and Research • Conceptual models for nursing, abstractions that are operationalized by use of nursing process – – – Assessing Diagnosing Planning Implementing Evaluating Copyright © 2016, 2012, 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved