Difference between Metaphysics and Physical Applications; Comparison of Classical and New Patient Positioning

Background: The linkage between metaphysics and applied physics is the key to creation. Realization of theories and concepts applied to nursing practice into technology is a theme in any age. This study compares the classical and new Patient Positioning in Nursing skills, which is clarified in the study comparing nursing textbooks worldwide in main countries and clarifies the difference of the academic concept metaphysically.Methods: Design analysis charts were used by the researcher and analyzed until theoretical saturation based on textbooks, papers, and expert opinions. Differences are drawn using figures of abstraction and realization.Results: The classical technique was an ergonomic technique considering the convenience of the nurse with the purpose concept of prevention for pressure ulcers and physical transfer. The new technology focuses that patients move by themselves, and the nursing side was only the assistant role. The technology with the purpose concept realized the support of physical, mental, and social aspects.Conclusion: Traditional Patient Positioning’s are skills with two concepts and patterns, and new ones are individual and comprehensive creations with different concepts. The working energy (J) in changing positions has been traditionally provided by nurses or Transfer Devices, not patients, but the new practice is performed by patients themselves, and nurses are the supporters of the process.KEYWORDS: Innovation,Design, Abstraction, Concreteness, Metaphysics