A phenomenon is the term used to describe a perception or responses to an event. Examples of phenomena in nursing include caring and responses to stress. Assumptions are the ideas that we take for granted. They explain the nature of the concepts in the theory, giving it structure.

Choose a middle-range theory or grand theory that, in your opinion, can be applied to research.

What is the phenomenon of concern in this theory?

What are the assumptions underpinning this theory?

 

Hearing & Eye Age-Related Diseases

1. Introduction
2. Phenomenon Nursing
3. Grand Nursing Theory
4. Phenomenon of Concern
5. Assumptions Underpinning this Theory

Hearing & Eye Age-Related Diseases

Phenomenon Nursing

Nursing theories can be categorized based on the level of perception. There are two main nursing theories, namely, middle-aged and grand nursing theories. Regardless of whether the concepts are mid-range or grand, there is an establishment of influence and intellectual investigation. The essay will focus on a Grand theory that is used in research. The theory's assumptions and concepts will also be discussed.

Grand Nursing Theory

Grand nursing theories have a broad scope and present general propositions and concepts. Approaches at this level provide and reflect on the valuable insights used in practice. However, Grand nursing theories are not designed for empirical testing, thus limiting their use in redacting and directing nursing practice during specific situations.  Consequently, Grand theories provide conceptual frameworks for practice as well as view nursing phenomena based on different perspectives.

In Research, Grand theories are considered comprehensive and inclusive (Peterson, & Bredow, 2016). Besides, the theories tend to be less specific as compared to middle-range theory. In addition, they are made up of obstructions that have no operational definitions as they do not have the needed detail of understanding the relationship that exists between different variables in a particular phenomenon. Furthermore, Grand theories are developed from existing knowledge insights.

Phenomenon of Concern

An example of a Grand nursing theory is self-care. The model, or rather theory, was developed by one Orem. The theories are focused on the patient's capacity to take care of themselves and the ability of the healthcare providers to meet the unique needs of service users. The theory provides a complete picture of daily living and sick clients and the dynamics of nurses affected by the self-care deficit. Whenever there is health deviation. Self-care deficit occurs (Attaallah et al., 2021). To recover from an illness, there are various activities that the patient is expected to carry out, like going to the clinic and taking medications. Not being able to do such tasks by self is an indication of deficit.  Additionally, the theory ensures nurses are providing and regulating practices based on patients' care deficit.  The debt is described to be the inability of the patient to provide care for themselves.

Assumptions Underpinning this Theory

An underlying assumption based on the identified grand theory is that ordinary individuals in contemporary society want to control their lives without needing much assistance (Jaftoran et al., 2021). For instance, in the model, appropriate care for the patients is developed using a series made up of three main activities. Namely, diagnostic, regulatory, and prescriptive. in diagnostic operations, the caregiver initiates the procedure that starts with establishing a firm friendship. The process includes contracting with the service user to explore potential and current self-care demands. Besides, factors like gender and age are highly considered during the diagnostic stage.  The next operation is prescriptive. Here more research on the patient is administered.

 Medicinal requisites in accordance with present deficits are assessed. After that, the nurse reviews different actions, methods, and priorities with the service users. The stage is considered a planning one where the nurse analyses the patient's needs in detail before developing a care plan. Regulatory operations are the last one. In this stage, the nurse plans, designs, and produces a care system. Care systems range from the most comprehensive referred to as a wholly compensatory form of care used to patients with few abilities to praise self-care. Such patients must work collaboratively with the caregivers to provide any additional information in promoting self-care during treatment.