Two nurses, Vicki, RN, and Cindy, RN, say they were just trying to protect patients when they anonymously reported their concerns last November to the Department of Health and to the Joint commission. The RNs believed that the 140-bed hospital that they work for was not living up to ethical practice standards. The report given…
Preparing the Assignment Identify your specialty area of NP practice. Select a nursing theory, borrowed theory, or interdisciplinary theory provided in the lesson plan or one of your own findings. Address the following: Origin Meaning and scope Logical adequacy Usefulness and simplicity Generalizability Testability Finally, provide an example how the theory could be used to…
For many students enrolled in NR501, this is an initial course for nursing theory. So, let’s have a debate. Is nursing theory important to the nursing profession? If you believe that it is important, explain why it is useful. If you do not believe that it is useful, explain why nursing theory is not necessary…
Week 4: Reflection on Learning Write 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on the different theories reviewed this week. Then save the reflection as a Word Document for submission later in the course. In week 8, you will submit all reflections as a single document. This reflection is worth 5 points and the final reflection document in week 8…
Select a nursing concept, supported by a nursing theory, and address the following components included in a concept analysis: Definition of concept Identification of three attributes of the concept Description of one antecedent and one consequence of the concept Identification of two empirical referents Brief explanation of theoretical applications of the concept (How is the…
Preparing the Assignment Which of the culture and caring theories most resonates with you for your practice as an NP? How does the theory integrate the nursing paradigm? What parts of the theory do you identify with? How does the theory help to meet CLAS standards to advance health equity? You can also check out…
This class presents various types of nursing theories and how the concepts of the nursing metaparadigm distinguish nursing theory from other theories we may use. Please share a nursing theory that you have found to be helpful to you in practice. Why is this nursing theory meaningful to you? Feel free to share an example…
Write 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on the relationship between theory and practice. Then save the reflection as a Word Document for submission later in the course. In week 8, you will submit all reflections as a single document. This reflection is worth 5 points and the final reflection document in week 8 is worth 15 points.…
Requirements While the focus of this course is nursing theory, frequently we use a non-nursing or borrowed theory to help us manage or guide a situation or change. Think of a time when you were involved in a situation or a change that needed to occur. If you feel you have not applied a borrowed…
Requirements Document includes reflections from all weeks 1-8: To complete the assignment, students will need to copy the reflections they entered into the weekly reflection threads from weeks 1-8 into one double-spaced Word document and submit the document to the dropbox. Formatting: Document should be in APA format Includes a title page in APA format…