Theoretical Foundations of Nursing
Describe the theoretical foundations of nursing and how they relate to current practices.
Complete your reflection by responding to all prompts.
- Theoretical Foundations
- Theories are made up of ideas attempting to structure thinking around a specific happening. Your readings for this competency introduce the ideas of phenomena, concepts, propositions, and assumptions. This reflection is designed to help you think about those four aspects and explain the connections between each to help strengthen your understanding of the foundations and working parts of theory.
Using your experience in nursing practice, think about how each of the following terms applies to you:
• Phenomena
• Concept
• Preposition
• Assumptions
• Implicit bias
• Explicit bias