NURSING THEORY

GRAND THEORIES
A CLASSIFICATION UNDER ABSTRACTION
 NURSING clasiffication
THEORIES by abstraction
A theory is a sort of abstract thought that is
logical and refers to a phenomenon or the
outcomes of such reasoning. Contemplative and
logical thought are frequently linked to
procedures like investigation or observational
study. Nursing theories lets you do the
procedure of rational basis. It helps nurses
FL L E
OR A understand what the discipline is, what they do,
E N C E NIG H TIN G
and why they do it.
 Grand
Theories

Mid-Range
There are 3 Theories
major categories
when classifying
nursing based Practice
on their level of Level
abstraction: Theories
GRAND THEORIES
Abstract and combines theory with empirical investigation
Broad in scope
Presents general concepts and proposition
Complex
Do not provide guidance for specific nursing interventions
Provide general framework and ideas about nursing
Grand nursing theorists develop their works based on personal
experience
Addresses the nursing metaparadigm components
E.g., King, Leiniger, Peplau, Orem, Watson
 MID-RANGE THEORIES
Effective bridge between grand
Less Abstraction nursing theories and nursing
practice.

E.g. Johnson and

Locsin They offer specialized
More limited/narrower in scope frameworks for certain nursing
treatments.

Due to the difficulty of testing

Address specific phenomena or grand theories, nursing scholars
conceptsin nursing proposed using this level of
theory.
 PRACTICE-LEVEL THEORIES
Narrow in Scope and Abstraction

Situation-Specific Theories

Provide frameworks for nursing intervention and suggest outcomes of nursing practice

Have a more direct effect on nursing practice

Interrelated with concepts from middle-range theories or grand theories

 What have you realized as you read and share it

within your group?

SUMMARIZED
All in all, as a group, we have agreed to conclude that nursing theories are
classified into segments based on their knowledge concepts, defining the
various scope of nursing practice such as associating its purpose, what nurses
are tasked to do, and the motives of the tasks. Nursing theories are
categorized depending on their served purpose. The discussed nursing theories
are crucial in understanding the valued importance of concepts that guide
nurses in justifying the system behind their practice.
 How would you use these theories in your daily
life as a member of your family and as a student
nurse?

Nursing theory aids nurses in understanding their patients and their needs by
distinguishing nursing as a separate discipline from medicine and related
sciences. The theory provides various templates to assist nurses in
providing care that respects patients and improves outcomes. As a student
nurse it is a foundation in our knowledge that will further widen our idea on
nursing as profession
"Caring is the ESSENCE of nursing"
- Jean Watson