In having an awareness related to current used variables may affect the way nurse practitioners may deliver patient care and ensure quality care which could make patient feel satisfied. Predictive theories are operationally defined by using an example of having many variables to consider when determining patient satisfaction with care, including the patients' sociodemographic and health variables, the healthcare system, and characteristics of the healthcare providers (Green & Davis, 2005, p. 145). Is there a model/diagram? Does the model contribute to clarifying the theory? Explain.
Nursing theory is known around the healthcare data to be an essential element utilized by nurses in their current work field. Nursing theory provides a way to "organize the nurse's thinking by providing decision-making structures to guide the reasoning required for quality professional nursing practice" (Alligood, 2010, p. 47). The predictive nursing theory does not provide a specific model or diagram to be followed to understand the theory. Models could be used to represent any current dynamics, or mechanisms, of a phenomenon. Further analysis has shown the ways models can be constructed and function independent of theory, meaning models can comprise distinct, autonomous carriers of scientific knowledge