NUR513Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Adult Obesity: Application of Orem‚ King‚ and Pender’s Conceptual Models Adult obesity is one of the United States most serious health problems. Approximately 127 million adult Americans in the U.S. are overweight (American Obesity Association‚ n. d.). "Each year‚ obesity causes at least 300‚000 excess deaths in the U.S.‚ and healthcare costs of American adults with obesity amount to approximately $100 billion" (American Obesity Association‚ n. d.).
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CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT: Florence Nightingale - Influence on Nursing Theory 1.AIM: This assignment gives an abridged account of Florence Nightingale’s life‚ her education‚ aspirations and career. It also discusses the development of nursing theory in general‚ and Florence Nightingale’s influence in later nursing theorists’ work. Florence Nightingale’s philosophy regarding the environment was fundamental to her concept of nursing and health‚ which was demonstrated through her work on sanitary
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Abstract This paper will outline Madeleine Leininger’s prominent theory‚ its origins‚ and its purpose. The discipline of transcultural nursing‚ its distinctive language‚ ethnonursing research method‚ and Sunrise Enabler tool will also be explored. These components equipped nurses to provide patients with individualized‚ appropriate care; this led to improved health outcomes. Finally‚ the effect of Madeleine Leininger’s contributions to nursing will be examined. Her idea of congruent care was the catalyst
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Caring Moment Christie M. Ishman RN NUR/403 Theories and Models of Nursing Practice April 4‚ 2011 Stephanie Merck‚ APRN‚ MS‚ CS Background of theory The caring theorist‚ Jean Watson‚ first developed her theory and published the philosophy and science of caring in 1979 (Current Nursing‚ 2011). She describes nursing as a process of caring not curing‚ and that it is effectively practiced and demonstrated interpersonally only. Her theory also “suggests that caring is a different way
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and work as a nursing theorist. In 1956 earned her degree as a Bachelor in Nursing from Louisiana State University‚ later in 1959 received the degree of Master in Science at Yale University. During most of her carrier she dealt with psychiatric nursing and also education. Died tragically while trying to obtain her PhD degree in 1973. Key Points of her Theory There are some main or mayor concepts on this theory defined by Joyce Travelbee to assist nurse to understand the model nursing‚ hope‚ meaning
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Practicum Evaluation Summary The practicum learning agreement created between the masters of Science in nursing (MSN) student and the instructor was approved for the goal to perform in the role of a nurse educator at the Domiciliary Rehabilitation Program at the Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). The population of the Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation Program is veterans with multiple and severe medical conditions‚ mental illness‚ addiction‚ or psychosocial deficits. Military-related
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Born on 21’st of August 1919 in Georgia‚ USA * 1942 – Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Nashville Tennessee. * Masters in Public Health from Harvard University‚ Boston in 1948. Worked in various places in the US and in 1955 at CMC Vallore SON. * Creation of her theory began in 1940’s when she began to teach. * Retired in 1978‚ and died in 1999. The Theory * The Behavioural System Model of Nursing was first proposed in 1968. * It advocates the fostering of efficient and
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Rural Nursing Model Easy as Pie: A Rural Nursing Model McEwen and Wills (2011)‚ describe nursing theory as a systematic explanation of an event in which constructs and concepts are identified and relationships are proposed and predictions are made. The use of a nursing theory adds organization and structure to the nursing profession and helps to describe and/or predict nursing practice. In the nursing profession‚ Florence Nightingale is credited as being the first nursing theorist
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Data Collection and Analysis Grid * Use the two articles assigned by your facilitator to identify the following data collection‚ analysis‚ and measurement elements for the studies. Limit each box to no more than three sentences. * * | * Qualitative | * Quantitative | * Data collection methods | * This qualitative study used a focus group interview as the main data collection method with a semi-structured design. | * The study employed an experimental pre-test/post-test
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Nursing Theorist: Patricia Benner Patricia Benner is a contemporary theorist who is most noted for her research in nursing. Her research has received many rewards because it has contributed strongly to nursing and changed the way that nursing was done. She is also a prolific writer in the field. Major Concepts The major premise of her work is knowledge. She wants to "discover and describe" the role that knowledge has in the nursing practice. She calls her work "articulated research" and it distinguishes
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