Practice Specific Concepts
A concept is defined as “a symbolic representation of a phenomenon or a set of phenomena” (Peterson & Bredow, 2016, p. 1). “Theories are based on multiple concepts and were developed in an attempt to explain the reasoning behind the way something is perceived to happen” (Peterson & Bredow, 2016, p. 1). Theories ask complicated questions and seek various ways of thinking rather than to just answer a question outright (Butts & Rich, 2015, p. 79). While all nursing theories have common metaparadigm concepts which are patients or human beings, nurse, health, and environment, there are other concepts pertinent to everyday nursing practice (Butts & Rich, 2015, p. 89).…