HEAD: NURSING THEORY Nursing Theory: Explanation and Relevance to Nursing Practices Katherine Lott Azusa Pacific University Theoretical Foundations for Nursing UNRS 306 Professor Cone May 20‚ 2009 Merriam Webster defines the word "theory" as "a belief‚ policy‚ or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action." There are various categories of theories accepted and practiced throughout the world and throughout professional practices today. One example of a type of theory is a nursing
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C1 There are several theorists that links within my key issues‚ these are: Burrhus Skinner – He believed in a thing called operant conditioning. He believed that there are three different opperants that can impact our behavior‚ these are: •Neutral – this is experiences from the environment which is not likely to effect the child’s behavior •Reinforce – responses from the environment that can have an impact on the behavior being repeated reinforces can be a positive or negative experience
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Dante Davis 5/12/14 Period 2 Conspiracy Theories Many people believe the government plays a role in many different tragic events that have happened in the United States. Some of the events include the Boston Bombing‚ 9/11‚ The John F. Kennedy shooting and many‚ many more. Many people say that there is a secret society that the government controls called illuminati. Those behind conspiracies‚ who are the most evil people on earth‚ are incredibly powerful and intelligent‚ but occasionally
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Abstract 1.0 Introduction Behaviorism is a theory of learning based upon the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning. Conditioning occurs through interaction with the environment. According to behaviorism‚ behavior can be studied in a systematic and observable manner with no consideration of internal mental states. This school of thought is premised on the fact that psychological techniques are used to motivate or influence human behavior. Behavioral Management blends the view
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conditioning involves changing behaviors by reinforcement or punishment. Reinforcement increases the occurrence of the response. Punishment decreases the occurrence of the response. An example of operant conditioning is negative reinforcement‚ such as‚ a teacher excuses a student from the final test if they have perfect attendance. The teacher is taking away something unpleasant to increase behavior. Another example of operant conditioning is positive reinforcement where you have a job and receive a paycheck
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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 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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association of antecedents and consequences. Previous studies from the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis were referred to for the structure of the intervention model. The theories of reinforcement and punishment were applied to gain desired behavior and clear target behavior. Verbal positive reinforcement and positive punishment was used‚ maintaining a firm consistency throughout the intervening period. To achieve the best result a tightly controlled environment was created to limit
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pellet) and the electric shock (punishment) and the dependent variable was the frequency of lever pressing. This is a strength as scientific experiments provide strong objective data rather than inferences which can support the approach and it’s theories. Also objective data is useful to provide patients with as they like to know there is evidence the therapy is successful rather than the therapist simply saying it is. Scientific data can also be used in order to make predictions about the world
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