- Select a Nursing Theory- Select one specific nursing theorist and nursing middle-range theory that best fits your
area of practice. Ex. Pender’s Health Promotion Model, Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory, Beck’s Postpartum Depression
Theory, etc)
Tag: nursing theory
Nursing theory
Create a slide presentation using a design tool of your choice (PowerPoint, Prezi, Google Slides, Canva, etc.). The resource below demonstrates some best practices for creating presentation slides.
Requirements
Use a minimum of 8-9 slides which discuss and apply the selected theory
Slide 1: (title slide): Your name, the theorist’s name, and the name of the theory
Slides 2-3: Overview of the theory
Slide 4: Overall focus of the theory (type of practice, type of patient, or type of setting, etc.)
Slide 5: Example of knowledge the theory adds to nursing
Slide 6: Example of how the theory could be used to structure or support practice
Slide 7: Example of how the theory could be used to innovate nursing
Slide 8: Identify major strengths and major limitations of the theory
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Carol Estabrooks’ research found that social interactions and experiences were two of the most important sources of knowledge for nurses.
Describe this theory in detail as it relates to nursing practice in healthcare.
Consider what you know about your nursing practice and describe examples of situations in which nurses can learn from social interactions and/or experiences.
Reflect on your experiences and consider the challenges in healthcare.
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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 improve or evaluate the quality of practice in your specific setting. What rationale can you provide that validates the theory as applicable to the role of the nurse practitioner.
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Discuss the underlying assumptions and potential ramifications of having proxy subjective health status or evaluation measures for children or those unable to speak for themselves.
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Evidence suggests that patients do better when their expectations about specific benefits of nursing care are discussed and met. Design a “comfort contract” whereby patients or their surrogates designate an expected level of postsurgical overall comfort, and also where they can specify chronic discomforts and interventions that they use at home for relief.
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Based on the theory of attachment, what behaviors would a nurse attempt to stimulate when working with parent to promote health attachment?
Nursing theory
Prepare a 10‐15 slide PowerPoint in which you describe the nursing theory and its conceptual model and demonstrate its application in nursing practice. Include the following:
Present an overview of the nursing theory. Provide evidence that demonstrates support for the model’s efficacy in nursing practice. Explain how the theory proves the conceptual model.
Explain how the nursing theory incorporates the four metaparadigm concepts.
Provide three evidence‐based examples that demonstrate how the nursing theory supports nursing practice. Provide support and rationale for each.
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Interpret nursing theories and their utilization in nursing education, practice, and research. Include theories and concepts from liberal education in providing safe and effective care.
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A. Identify a nursing theory that has influenced your values and goals.
1. Explain how nurses apply the identified theory from part A to implement excellent nursing practices.
2. Discuss how the identified theory from part A fits your professional practice.
B. Identify the contributions of two historical nursing figures in the nineteenth or twentieth century.
1. Compare the differences in contributions of the two historical figures identified in part B.
2. Describe how the contributions of the two historical figures influence your professional nursing practice.
C. Explain the functional differences between the State Board of Nursing and the American Nurses Association (ANA).
1. Define the roles of these two organizations.
2. Explain how these two organizations influence your nursing practice.
3. Explain the requirements for professional license renewal in your state.
a. Discuss the consequences of failure to maintain license requirements in your state.
4. Compare the differences between registered nursing license requirements in a compact state versus a non-compact state.
D. Discuss the functional differences between the Food and Drug Administration and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (see the web links below).
1. Discuss how the two regulatory agencies influence your professional nursing practice.
a. Describe your role as a patient advocate in promoting safety when a patient has requested to use an alternative therapy.
E. Discuss the purposes of the Nurse Practice Act in your state and its impact on your professional practice.
1. Discuss the scope of practice for a RN in your state.
2. Discuss how your state defines delegation for the RN.
F. Apply each of the following roles to your professional practice:
• a scientist
• a detective
• a manager of the healing environment
G. Identify two provisions from the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics (see web link below).
1. Analyze how the two provisions identified in part G influence your professional nursing practice.
2. Describe a nursing error that may occur in a clinical practice (e.g., clinical setting, skills lab, or simulation).
a. Explain how the ANA provisions identified in part G can be applied to the error discussed in part G2.
H. Identify four leadership qualities or traits that represent excellence in nursing.
1. Discuss the significance of the four leadership qualities identified in part H in the nurse’s role as each of the following:
• a leader at the bedside
• within a nursing team or interdisciplinary team
2. Identify how your work environment impacts the following:
• nursing leadership
• decision making
• professional development
I. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
J. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.