Conceptual Relationships and Assumptions

Gray, J.R., Grove, S.K., & Sutherland, S. (2017). Burns and Grove’s the practice of nursing research: Appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier.

· Review Chapter 8, “Frameworks” (pp. 138-154)

McEwin, M., & Wills, E. M. (2019). Theoretical basis for nursing (5th ed.) Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health.

· Review Chapter 2, “Overview of Theory in Nursing”

· Section, “Nursing’s Metaparadigm” (pp. 41–45)

· Review Chapter 4, “Theory Development: Structuring Conceptual Relationships in Nursing” (pp. 72–92)

Nursing’s metaparadigm, described in Chapter 2, presents four core concepts (i.e., patient, health, nurse, and environment), which you consider in this week’s Discussion. Chapter 4 presents information on conceptual relationships and assumptions.

Walker, L. O., & Avant, K. C. (2019). Strategies for theory construction in nursing (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

· Chapter 5, “Statement Derivation” (pp. 88-98)

· Chapter 8, “Statement Synthesis” (pp. 127-148)

· Chapter 11, “Statement Analysis” (pp. 194-206)

· Review Chapter 13, “Assessing the Credibility and Scope of Nursing Knowledge Development: Concepts, Statements, and Theories” (pp. 237-239)