Week 7: Nursing Theory Applied to Evidence Based Practice
This week we are focusing on the application of nursing theories to evidence-based practice. This discussion can reflect on what you have been working on for your week 7 PowerPoint assignment due at the end of the week. For this discussion: Select an issue or concern related to nursing, then select a nursing theory or model that can be used as a framework to support the resolution of your identified issue/concern. In your initial response, address the following:
- How the selected nursing theory or model is relevant to your specialty track
- A brief description of the issue/concern
- How the selected nursing theory or model can be used to guide the resolution of the issue/concern?
- How does your philosophy of nursing connect to the application of theory to manage this situation?
Include an example from the literature or your own experience to illustrate your points. Remember to include at least one outside scholarly source.
Solution:
The selected model is the self-care nursing theory by Dorothea Orem. This theory focuses on the role of nurses’ in supporting the patients’ ability to be self-sufficient and reliant for their won care. The theory is founded on the notion that people must know about their health problems to provide self-sufficient care. The three inter-connected theories that can make up the self-care nursing theory are the theory of self-care deficit, the theory of self-care, and the theory of nursing systems (Gonzalo, 2019). This model applies to my specialty track, nurse educator. Using this model, nurse educators and preceptors can guide and enhance the self-reliance of nursing students entering practice.
The practice concerns are the need to improve entry-level nurses’ smooth transition academic preparation to practice environment. The major and rapid changes in the U.S healthcare practice environments demand intense and continuous changes in nurse education before and after…Please click the icon below to purchase full answer at only $5