Paradigms, Grand Theories (Conceptual Frameworks), and Middle Range Theories

Nursing Practice
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Nursing Practice
Nursing as a discipline and practice is broad in nature, encompassing several aspects regarding individuals and their health. As a result, paradigms are an important feature of analyzing such an area by providing an appropriate criterion for understanding the vast knowledge available in the field. Paradigms, therefore, provide a mechanism through which practitioners can view and interpret concepts, including the environment, the person, nursing, and health (Nairn, 2019). Ultimately, this provides a bridge between the requirements of the discipline and the available systems to provide the necessary knowledge.
Grand theories are majorly complex and broad in nature, encompassing the various elements of nursing, thus providing a framewo...