There is actually an article I had to summarize for one of our first assignments, that discusses why theories in nursing are not “correct” or “incorrect”, but have to be evaluated according to their “social congruence” (does the theory live up to society’s expectations of nurses), “social significance” (would society change if nurses stopped existing), and “social utility” (do nurses themselves find the theory useful). (Yes, I just had to reopen my assignment in a Word document so I can check which of those concepts was which, because they’re named in a way that makes it impossible to remember.)
There is actually an article I had to summarize for one of our first assignments, that discusses why theories in nursing are not “correct” or “incorrect”, but have to be evaluated according to their “social congruence” (does the theory live up to society’s expectations of nurses), “social significance” (would society change if nurses stopped existing), and “social utility” (do nurses themselves find the theory useful). (Yes, I just had to reopen my assignment in a Word document so I can check which of those concepts was which, because they’re named in a way that makes it impossible to remember.)