Category: Theory

  • Theories of development

    There are several Theorists that gave us different types of experiments and factors about the development of the individuals children’s behaviour, reactions and ways of learning. Theories of development including: • Cognitive (e.g. Piaget) • Psychoanalytic (e.g. Freud) • Humanist (e.g. Maslow) • Social Learning (e.g. Bandura) • Operant conditioning (e.g. Skinner) • Behaviourist (e.g.…

  • Concept Comparison and Analysis Across Theories Paper

    When nursing began in the Florence Nightingale days, nurses learned their nursing practices from theories. There were two theorist names Dorothea Orem and Virginia Henderson that had their own perspective on nursing practices. This paper will discuss compare and analyze the concepts based of each of these ladies theories to show how they are related.…

  • Theories of development and professional supervision

    Understand the purpose of professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work setting 1.1 Analyse the principles, scope and purpose of professional supervision. Supervision is a process in which a worker is given responsibility to work with another to meet organisation, professional activities. The objectives are competent, accountable performance, continuing…

  • Ethical Theories of Nursing

    When a person meets the unfortunate circumstance of being admitted to a hospital for an illness they are depending on healthcare personnel to have their best interest in mind and make them better. When people think of who it is taking care of them and making them better they specifically think of Doctors and Nurses.…

  • The Film Theories of Eisenstein & Bazin

    The language of cinema has been developed by trail and error over the past one hundred years by pioneers venturing into uncharted territory. Today anyone with a T.V. set is accustomed to the language, perhaps without even realizing they are taking part in a “conversation”. This conversation has to be created by using a cinematic…

  • P2: Discuss Theories of communication

    A patient has entered the hospital and needs urgent attention. The doctors and nurses rush to him and soon realise he is deaf. This is a major problem as the communication cycle is broken, as they can’t understand what the deaf person is trying to say. A communication cycle involves a kind of a code…

  • Child and Adolescent Development: Theories and Significance

    Introduction Child and adolescent development is a complex and fascinating field that offers valuable insights for both educators and parents. Knowledge of how children and adolescents grow and develop can provide essential guidance in nurturing their potential to the fullest. This understanding helps us discern typical behaviors and milestones during the early stages of life.…

  • Animal Rights and Ethical Theories

    Human Rights and Philosophical Theories We live in a society where many people fight for rights of their specific groups. Women’s rights, African American’s rights, and rights for handicapped people are just a few examples. Now these are all groups, where people verbally fight for their groups, but what about animal rights? Animals cannot speak…

  • ANA’s Definition of Nursing and Metaparadigm

    The ANA defines nursing as “the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations” (American Nurses Association website, n.d.). The 4 metaparadigms of nursing are person, environment, health/illness,…

  • Motivational theories within the workplace

    Inspiration is ‘a factor or factors for acting or behaving in a specific method’. Inspiration can be specified as a process that assists accomplish goals through behaviour that guides and preserves behaviour in order to accomplish a favorable end result. Motivation leads to actions, such as investigating a topic, inform yourself to advance your knowledge…