Nursing Theory in Professional Practice
Nursing Theory in Professional Practice Each individual collects, organizes, and arranges facts to build a knowledge base that defines his personal reality. ... Nursing theory is explained and described as well as various nursing theories are discussed and their current nursing roles are clearly identified in this paper. Also professional values and characteristic are clearly described. A theory is a group of concepts that form a pattern of reality. A theory is a statement that explains or characterizes a process, an occurrence, or an event and is based on observed facts however lacks absolute or direct truth. ... Nursing theory attempts to describe or explain the phenomenon (process, occurrence, or event) called nursing. Nursing theory differentiates nursing form other disciplines and activities in that it serves the purpose of describing, explaining, predicting and controlling desired outcomes of nursing practices. Nursing theories identify and define interrelated concepts specific to nursing and clearly state the relation between these concepts. Nursing theories must be logical in nature; they should use orderly reasoning and describe relations that are developed using a logical sequence.