Across
- 6. nursing theories are by design all inclusive conceptual structures used as conceptual bases for practice and research, and are tested in research studies.
- 7. nursing theories have been developed and tested via the rigors of research. They act as frameworks for research and contain a limited number of concepts.
- 8. definition acts to describe and/or define the general meaning of a concept to aid understanding and level set.
- 10. specific theories describe a small aspect of processes and phenomena.
- 11. designs aid in the generation of theories as an outcome of a research study
- 12. designs are used when a researcher is testing a theory.
- 13. research is also called nonexperimental research.
- 14. is built from multiple concepts to fit a purpose.
Down
- 1. this definition acts to define how a concept can be measured.
- 2. is a symbolic representation of an abstract idea
- 3. allow for visualization of concepts including identifiable interrelationships.
- 4. is a form of theory testing research using a theory to formulate the hypothesis and it is then tested via experimental methods.
- 5. concepts provide a systematic view of a phenomenon are referred to as a theory.
- 9. act to identify key concepts and describes their relationships to one another.