Theories as the Basis for Nursing Practice Seema R Sulemani Homeland University NURS 211 SF12 October 14‚ 2012 Abstract Theory development is the fundamental step for expansion of nursing knowledge. The knowledge has been borrowed from different disciplines to build the nursing theories. The categorization of theories is based on their scope of practice. The grand nursing theories are the most complex and abstract in their nature. Middle range theories are inducted mostly from grand nursing
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Boykin & Schoenofer (2013) Nursing as Caring a grand or general nursing theory‚ submit that all human are caring and the caring interactions between the nurse and the nursed leads to growth and knowledge of both parties. Nurse diabetes educators utilizing the human aspect of caring interactions between themselves and the patient increase meeting diabetic healthcare goals and improve outcomes for patients diagnosed with diabetes. This paper aim is to support the theory of Nursing as Caring through historical
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Practice of Professional Nursing Leadership Theories Nursing 4365 July 21‚ 2014 Vicki Hartin‚ Phd(c)‚ RN‚ CNE West Texas A & M University The Theory of Leadership Leadership is defined by Yoder-Wise (2011) as the process by which one uses personal traits to effectively and ethically lead patients‚ families and staff to accomplish clinical and organizational outcomes. Theory is defined by nursing-theory.org (2013) as a belief‚ policy or procedure that is followed to accomplish
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Annotated Bibliography Meyer‚ R. M.‚ & O ’Brien-Pallas‚ L. L. (2010). Nursing services delivery theory: An open system approach. Journal of Advanced Nursing‚ 66(12)‚ 2828-2838. This paper focuses on elucidating the how Nursing Services Delivery Theory can be derived from the application of open system theory in case of the large scale organization. The healthcare organizations are referred to the open systems which can be characterized by the transformation of energy‚ negative entropy‚ differentiation
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information for researchers and students‚ who have issues with understanding the cognitive process‚ how these methods interfere or contribute with our daily lives. The main purpose of this article is to explain how the Cognitive methods and Cognitive theories is bidirectional. Cognitive methods now being used in social-psychological research is what is being describe in this volume. Some methods that are poplar is social psychology are affective priming‚ response interference paradigms‚ mathematical
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1. Type of theory used to develop and test specific nursing interventions P42 2. Vulnerable Populations P 33-34 3. Cognitive changes in the preschooler P 146-150‚ 152 4. Outcome of managed care P 15 5. Characteristics of Open and Closed Systems P 43 6. Characteristics of the nursing process P 43 7. Gold Standard of Research P 53-54 8. Value of Qualitative Research P 59 9. Concept of Confidentiality in research P 60 10. What is Health P 66 11. Presence of risk
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Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory: Analysis and Evaluation In my nursing practice I frequently care for long term elderly residents on ventilators and who suffer from stage 3 or 4 pressure ulcers‚ diabetic‚ venous ulcers etc. Instead of simply providing pain medications and wound treatment to ease their pain or giving medications to relax them‚ I wanted to learn ways to enhance the comfort of these residents. This led me to learn more about Katherine Kolcaba’s theory of comfort. I found her theory to be useful
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Describe and evaluate one neurobiological and one psychological theory of the function of dreaming The first neurobiological theory I will look at is the activation-synthesis theory. These theory sees dreams as activation in the brain in the areas to do with perception‚ action and emotion (which occurs during REM). They are essentially random as there is an external blockade (at the top of our spine resulting in paralysis so we cannot act out our dreams) and an internal blockade as only areas
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critiques of the Marxist social and economic theory. This paper aims to investigate these theories and identify the types of theoretical and social problems that can occur within the discipline of economic geography‚ an area of particular interest to me. ‘The main trouble with theory is that people will insist on making such a song and dance about it‚ but…. the intention of theory is to make thinking easier‚ not more difficult.’ (Shurmer-Smith‚ 2002). Theory is a fundamental part of any research and
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Middle Range Theory in Nursing Cindy Spain American Sentinel University Middle Range Theory in Nursing The credibility of a profession is based upon its ability to create and apply theory. Nursing as a whole has not been at the forefront of theoretical research being much more practical or hands-on in nature. Unless nurses increase the value placed on research and the body of knowledge that establishes the legitimacy of their practice then nursing will remain in a subordinate position in the
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