Nursing students have been assigned to develop their own theory of nur

Nursing students have been assigned to develop their own theory of nursing. Which of the following would they include in their theory, often referred to as the metaparadigm for nursing?

1. Society, medicine, nursing, and biology
2. Patient, facility, health, and nursing
3. Organization, discipline, nursing, and client
4. Client, environment, health, and nursing

ANSWER

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: These options do not include the “pattern” associated with the four concepts that comprise a metaparadigm.
Rationale 2: These options do not include the “pattern” associated with the four concepts that comprise a metaparadigm.
Rationale 3: These options do not include the “pattern” associated with the four concepts that comprise a metaparadigm.
Rationale 4: Four major concepts–person (or client), environment, health, and nursing–can be superimposed on almost any theoretical work in nursing. They are collectively referred to as a metaparadigm for nursing.