Online Companion: Fundamentals of Nursing Standards and Practice 2E

Chapter Objectives

After reading Chapter 2, the student should be ready to
• Describe three purposes for using a theory in nursing.
• Describe the components of a theory
• Distinguish a nursing theory from a nursing paradigm
• Compare early and contemporary nursing theories
• Discuss the questions that are central to the discipline of nursing
• Apply a theory of nursing to a nursing situation