Nursing Metaparadigm

Consistent concern for the organization and financing of our nations health care system , and the shortage of nurses , prompts the need to communicate what nursing ' is and can be , is essential . Definitive answers about the nursing field are found in conceptual models of nursing and nursing theories . This also provides answers for nurse educators 'who continues to seek better ways to prepare students for current and future trends in health serves ' states Jacqueline Fawcettt , PhD . and Fellow American Academy of Nursing (FAAN (2005 Theories also include answers for nurse researchers , administrators , and

br practicing nurses

There is a margin of confusion in nursing literature between conceptual nursing knowledge and nursing theories . Conceptual nursing is , hypothetical , theories are concrete . They vary in scope . The grand nursing theories ' is the broadest , and less abstract than conceptual models . The middle-range theory ' is narrower in scope composed of a limited number of concepts , and allows for measurable research terms to be tested . This theory is the most structured (Fawcett , 2005

To be even more precise , nursing theory is a term given to the body of knowledge used to support nursing practice ' Nursing , in itself , has an assortment of connotations , but to the majority of people , nurses help doctors , plain and simple . However the universal view has agreed that nursing is a science involving people , and their environment . Ninety percent of all nursing theories have been generated in the last

twenty years . Nursing colleges , now encourage students to form their own personal philosophy of mid-range theory ' as part of their curriculum . Nursing models are conceptual models , constructed of theories and concepts ' This helps nurses to plan and implement patient care by providing a paradigm , or framework to work within

Florence Nightingale , in l859 , was the first nursing theorist to clearly eloquent the nursing role distinct in the medical profession Today , one of the foremost , pioneering nursing theorist is Madeline Leininger . Dr . Leininger holds several academic degrees and titles including PhD , DS (Doctor of Science , LHD (Doctor of Human Sciences

and LL (Living Legend . She is the first professional nurse with a graduate preparation to complete a PhD in anthropology . Leininger 's most notable concept of Trancultural Nursing ' which is how nursing interacts with the concept of culture , remains the only theory focused exclusively on Transcultural Nursing , and is world renowned (wikipedia 2008

Dr . Leininger used Jacqueline Fawcett 's nursing metaparadigm as a framework for her

analyses . She was an avid believer in the usage and effectiveness of the paradigm . Leininger characterized her Culture Care Theory within the metaparadigm 's four central concepts of person , environment , health and nursing (academicterms , 2003

This research will focus on components of contemporary nursing knowledge ' combining conceptual models in the field and theories , including the nursing metaparadigm . Fawcett 's metparadigm is defined as the global concepts that identify the phenomena of central interest to a discipline , the global propositions that describe the concepts , and the global propositions that state the relations between or among the concepts ' Simply stated , both the...