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    Nightingale –Environmental Theory Florence Nightingale (1820–1910)‚ considered the founder of educated and scientific nursing and widely known as "The Lady with the Lamp"‚ wrote the first nursing notes that became the basis of nursing practice and research. The notes‚ entitled Notes on Nursing: What it is‚ What is not (1860)‚ listed some of her theories that have served as foundations of nursing practice in various settings‚ including the succeeding conceptual frameworks and theories in the field of nursing

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    Attribution theory is the study of various models that attempt to explain those processes.[1] Psychological research into attribution began with the work of Fritz Heider in the early part of the 20th century‚ subsequently developed by others such as Harold Kelley and Bernard Weiner. Contents 1 Background 2 Types 2.1 Explanatory attribution 2.2 Interpersonal attribution 3 Theories 3.1 Common sense psychology 3.2 Correspondent inference theory

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    Chaos Theory

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    Chaos Theory Chaos theory as a name comes from the fact that the systems the theory describes (non-linear systems) would seem to be disordered or random or at least unpredictable. Chaos theory tries to find some underlying order in what appears to be random events or data. Edward Lorenz was an early pioneer of the theory. He was working on weather predictions in 1961 and was using a computer to help with the calculations. Lorenz had initiated a sequence of data based on twelve variables in his

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    Critical Theory

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    Critical Theory: Critical theory is a body of ideas generally associated with the ‘Frankfurt School’. It was during the early 1980s that a new form of theoretic inquiry which was highly critical of tradional theories of IR‚ emerged. However the genesis of the theory can be found in the works of Kant and Marx with their emphasis on the ‘emancipatry purpose of knowledge and enquiry’. In other words critical theory entails ‘enlightenment project’ which subjects knowledge and education to the ideal

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    Kinetic Theory

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    The kinetic theory of gases describes a gas as a large number of small particles (atoms or molecules)‚ all of which are in constant‚ random motion. The rapidly moving particles constantly collide with each other and with the walls of the container. Kinetic theory explains macroscopic properties of gases‚ such as pressure‚ temperature‚ or volume‚ by considering their molecular composition and motion. Essentially‚ the theory posits that pressure is due not to static repulsion between molecules‚ as

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    The Application of Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory NUR 501 Chamberlain School of Nursing Application of Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory Introduction The environment theory of nursing is a patient-care theory. The delivery of patient centered care is the best delivery of care a patient can receive. Applying Nightingales environmental care theory of manipulation of the patient environment can affect the patient and assist in the delivery

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    Iceberg Theory

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    Harddick Iceberg Theory Essay Period 3 9/23/12 Hemingway is known to write by the “principle of the iceberg” which is a method that keeps the reader constantly intrigued or alert by leaving things open for their interpretation because almost everything he says has a deeper or double meaning. Throughout a collection of his short stories‚ readers find alternate meanings behind words that could appear to be endless. Audiences need to rely on an understanding of this theory to comprehend the true

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    Dependency Theory

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    Background Dependency Theory developed in the late 1950s under the guidance of the Director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America‚ Raul Prebisch. Prebisch and his colleagues were troubled by the fact that economic growth in the advanced industrialized countries did not necessarily lead to growth in the poorer countries. Indeed‚ their studies suggested that economic activity in the richer countries often led to serious economic problems in the poorer countries. Such a possibility

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    Attachment Theory

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    and Loss: Vol. 3. Loss. New York: Basic Books. Bowlby‚ J. (1988). A Secure Base. Oxon: Routledge. Bowlby‚ R. (2008) ‘Attachment Theory: How to help young children acquire a secure attachment’ (Speech‚ European Parliament‚ 8th January 2008) http://www.allianceforchildhood.eu/files/QOC%20Sig%204.pdf Bretherton‚ I. (1992) ‘The Origins of Attachment Theory: John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth’‚ Developmental Psychology 28: 759-775 Daniel‚ S. (2006) ‘Adult attachment patterns and individual

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    One such influential psychological theory of crime is by Bowlby (1969)‚ who emphasized that crime is the product of attachment insecurity with the mother. Bowlby identified that the type of attachment relationship in childhood leads to the development of a cognitive framework known as the internal working model which consists of mental representations for understanding the world‚ self and others. A person’s actions and interactions are guided by this internal working model and influences their contact

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