Osmosis video - Theoretical Foundations of Nursing

The field of nursing is guided by its own body of knowledge which can be divided into categories based on the level of abstraction. The most abstract is the nursing metaparadigm which includes the concepts of person, nursing, health and environment. Next, there are philosophies which are beliefs based on certain values. The more concrete categories are conceptual models and theories. Both focus on specific concepts and how they are related but theories often have testable and observable outcomes, which makes it more concrete.