Theories attempt to explain the relationships among the central phenomena of nursing, which include (Select all that apply.)
a. caring.
b. environment.
c. health/illness.
d. nursing.
e. person.
B, C, D, E
The phenomena addressed by nursing theories include person, environment, health/illness, and nursing.
The phenomena addressed by nursing theories include person, environment, health/illness, and nursing.
The phenomena addressed by nursing theories include person, environment, health/illness, and nursing.
The phenomena addressed by nursing theories include person, environment, health/illness, and nursing.
Caring, although vital to the art and science of nursing, is subsumed into "nursing" and is not, by itself, one of the four phenomena addressed in nursing theories.
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