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KMID : 0377619890540030203
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1989 Volume.54 No. 3 p.203 ~ p.208
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Evaluation of a Nursing Theory
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Abstract
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Theory is the worldview that guides the intellectual questions pursued by each discipline. Pluralism in nursing theories is desirable and inevitable for the development of nursing science. Therefore an exploration of existing theories based on well-defined criteria is essential for enhancing the utility of theory and for continuing the development of the discipline.
Meleise´s model provides criteria for theory description, analysis, and critique in an attempt to decrease the margin of subjectivity and to enhance that of objectivity. Objective evaluation enhances constructive changes and further theory development.
As an alternative to the traditional practice of nursing, Parse sets forth a different paradigm that rooted in the human sciences. Nursing, rooted in the human sciences, focuses on man as a living unity and man´s qualitative participation with health experiences. Grounded in the human sciences, Parse synthesizes Martha E Roger´s Principles and concepts about man with major tanets and concepts from existential-phenomenological thought to create an emergent conceptual system.
Evaluation of the most recent nursing theory will give comprehensive understanding of the theory and shed new lights on the discipline of nursing.
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