NR-501: Theoretical Basis For Advanced Nursing Practice
Importance of Theory
Rosa Susana Abarca
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR-501: Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice
Spring January 2015
Theory is a notion or an idea that explains experience, interprets observation, describes relationships and projects outcomes (Parker & Smith, pg. 7). Theory is needed to have a systematic approach to guiding the practice of nursing by analyzing nursing concepts that are purposeful in developing thinking and guiding practice through proven research and analysis. Theory helps to organize knowledge within a discipline and to make sense of it in a way that advances how the discipline is practices.
My personal exposure to nursing theory has been very limited thus far. Being a fairly new nurse …show more content…
From the initial days of Florence Nightingale to today’s integrated era, nursing theory has set the pace as nursing practice has developed into a recognized scientific discipline. In order for a profession or discipline to transform from a vocation there is a need for the discipline to establish and to validate itself (Bond, 2011). Nursing has utilized nursing theory, research and practice to do this. Nursing theory is part of the three-prong effort to develop the body of knowledge that is nursing. Nursing theory drives research in that it helps to focus research on concepts that are significant to the delivery of nursing care. Without nursing theory, research efforts are squandered, as there is no structure to apply the learned knowledge to. The use of nursing theory as a framework or a blueprint helps to identify the need for research and guide the process to validate or reject the anticipated outcomes proposed by …show more content…
The metaparadigm is the large-scale view of nursing that encompasses all of the vital components of the nursing practice including person, environment, health and nursing practice. Each of these components are variables that must be considered and integrated to produce sound theory used in the development and delivery of nursing care. Nursing theory helps to identify and define the persons we care for and to design and develop the environment we use to care for them. Nursing theory demarcates the concept of health and what the perception of health is within the wellness and illness continuum and it prescribes the direction of nursing practice in that it is the collection of knowledge that establishes how practice is
Rosa Susana Abarca
Chamberlain College of Nursing
NR-501: Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice
Spring January 2015
Theory is a notion or an idea that explains experience, interprets observation, describes relationships and projects outcomes (Parker & Smith, pg. 7). Theory is needed to have a systematic approach to guiding the practice of nursing by analyzing nursing concepts that are purposeful in developing thinking and guiding practice through proven research and analysis. Theory helps to organize knowledge within a discipline and to make sense of it in a way that advances how the discipline is practices.
My personal exposure to nursing theory has been very limited thus far. Being a fairly new nurse …show more content…
From the initial days of Florence Nightingale to today’s integrated era, nursing theory has set the pace as nursing practice has developed into a recognized scientific discipline. In order for a profession or discipline to transform from a vocation there is a need for the discipline to establish and to validate itself (Bond, 2011). Nursing has utilized nursing theory, research and practice to do this. Nursing theory is part of the three-prong effort to develop the body of knowledge that is nursing. Nursing theory drives research in that it helps to focus research on concepts that are significant to the delivery of nursing care. Without nursing theory, research efforts are squandered, as there is no structure to apply the learned knowledge to. The use of nursing theory as a framework or a blueprint helps to identify the need for research and guide the process to validate or reject the anticipated outcomes proposed by …show more content…
The metaparadigm is the large-scale view of nursing that encompasses all of the vital components of the nursing practice including person, environment, health and nursing practice. Each of these components are variables that must be considered and integrated to produce sound theory used in the development and delivery of nursing care. Nursing theory helps to identify and define the persons we care for and to design and develop the environment we use to care for them. Nursing theory demarcates the concept of health and what the perception of health is within the wellness and illness continuum and it prescribes the direction of nursing practice in that it is the collection of knowledge that establishes how practice is