1. Nursing Theories http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/nursing_theories_overview.

2. What is a theory? -a group of related concepts to guide practice -a set of interrelated concepts offering a systematic view of a situation aiming for explanation or predicting May use deductive reasoning : goes from general to the specific inductive reasoning : specific to broader http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/dedind.php

3. Importance of nursing theories http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/nursing_theories_overview -”describe, predict and explain the phenomenon of nursing” (Chinn & Jacobs 1978) -” theory is important because it helps us to decide what we know and what we need to know” (Parsons 1949) -”helps to distinguish what should for the basis of practice by explicitly describing nursing” -enables review of professional boundaries

4. Common concepts in nursing theory The person / patient / client The environment Health Nursing goals/ roles / functions