A theory is accepted when:
1. a theorist formally presents the theory.
2. it is published.
3. it is proven as a realistic reflection of nursing practice.
4. the consensus of the nursing process is that the theory provides an adequate description of reality.
Question 2
Virginia Henderson defined nursing as:
1. focusing on the nurse-patient relationship.
2. the intersection of caring, core and cure.
3. meeting the needs of the patient as defined by the patient.
4. doing for patients what they would do for themselves if they had the necessary knowledge, will, or strength.
A depiction of a platypus from a book for children published in Germany in 1798
Explaining “Moving Continents”— The Theory of Plate Tectonics
This modified model of Easton’s systems theory puts government decision makers as the source of pol
The first published illustration of a camera obscura observing a solar eclipse.
Set-Point Theory
The James-Lange Theory of Emotion