Applying Theory to a Practice Problem October 3‚ 2012 Introduction Our first class in the masters in nursing program‚ has been focused on nursing theorists. We have learned about Grand Theories‚ which are theories that are very broad and difficult to test and Middle Range Theories‚ which are also broad theories but narrow enough to be testable. We have learned how to study the different theories‚ looking at how we can utilize theories to evaluate practice. I have been in a nursing
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The knowledge of ethics and the subsequent theories that have evolved from it is paramount to the profession of nursing. These theories assist nurses with identifying potential problems and developing skills required to determine and justify decisions in given situations. Furthermore‚ they work to enhance and shape an individual’s ethical beliefs and values. There are a number of ethical theories that have been introduced throughout nursing including the widely agreed upon four; deontology‚ utilitarianism
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Nursing requires daily‚ hourly and even up to the minute tasks and details. The nurse is reactive and supportive‚ caring and efficient. It may be overwhelming to keep up with the many activities of daily nursing. But being professional nurse is all that and more. It means that you have an internal roadmap to patient care‚ a guide that helps you achieve good outcomes. This is where nursing theory comes in. Nursing theory can help you with overt and covert problems‚ as well as inform your nursing decisions
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of Theory Shanna Akers Chamberlain College of Nursing Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice NR501 Kari Luoma September 13‚ 2014 Importance of Theory In today’s society‚ the lack of knowledge involving nursing theories is present. Theorists began discoveries in the early 1800s with Florence Nightingale and have continued to expand ever since (Hegge‚ 2013). “Nursing theory is defined as an organized framework of concepts and purposes designed to guide the practice of nursing" (nursingtheory
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Ms. Whittaker How Plate Tectonic Theory Explains Mountains Shadi Alostaz The Plate Tectonic Theory explain mountains because they form in oceans. Mountains primarily form at plate margins‚ or places where boundaries of plates meet at and interact (Nagel and Sawinski 1). The mountains form in oceans mostly because of the mid ocean ridges. The mid ocean ridges converge‚ creating underwater mountains. The mountains above ground are mostly caused‚ and responsible for convergent plate boundaries The
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In the essay “Santa Ana” by Joan Didion‚ the author was very descriptive with imagery‚ tone‚ objective description‚ and subjective description. The way she spoke to the reader about the weather in Los Angeles actually drew an illustration in my head due to the great description by the author. She portrayed an image of how disturbing the winds were and how society was affected by the Santa Ana. The Santa Ana winds in Los Angeles are disturbing because they cause people to act in ways they normally
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which each child develops differently they also go through the stages differently. When looking into Piagets Theory it is a way to help understand the developments along with the stages of children‚ such as each stage describes children’s way of thinking along with cognitive development. Piagets Theory focuses on the Development of the children not just the learning. The stages of Piagets theory is designed to be a way of putting detailed with information on the concept’s‚ behaviors and with different
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the field of healthcare. Nursing theory is useful to the profession in that it provides a foundation for professional practice. It is used to distinguish how science and the expansion of medical knowledge have impacted the advancement of nursing theories over the years. Florence Nightingale’s Notes on nursing (1859) is the first identifiable action taken to differentiate the field of nursing from other medical professions. After which nursing theory evolved into theories that are practical to the
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the role of theory in nursing research. At the beginning of this class‚ I had very little understanding of the way theory and nursing research are related. I knew nursing research was useful for practice‚ and I had had much experience with finding and analyzing nursing research. However‚ I was having a hard time making the connection between theory and its usefulness in practice. The presentation by Lori Loan really helped me to make some of those crucial connections between theory and research
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Ana Nzinga: Queen of Ndongo Through the European power struggle for control of the African slave trade‚ the Portuguese colonized parts of Africa including the area of modern day Angola. The Dutch established an axis to operate their slave trade to Brazil for almost 300 years in Luanda ("Luanda"‚ par. 4). In the 17th century‚ the Portuguese foothold was steadily increasing pushing more and more African rulers to their limits. Ann Nzinga Mbande‚ Queen of Ndongo and Matamba‚ was among these royals
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