This week I would like for you to share an experience or situation in which you felt underprepared or challenged. The situation could be your first full code on a patient or visitor, a precipitous delivery, a patient dying, or many other situations in which you just did not feel like you had enough information […]

Steps of Concept Analysis Select a nursing concept, supported by a nursing theory, and address the following components included in a concept analysis:   Definition of concept   Identification of three attributes of the concept   Description of one antecedent and one consequence of the concept   Identification of two empirical referents   Brief explanation […]

This class presents various types of nursing theories and how the concepts of the nursing metaparadigm distinguish nursing theory from other theories we may use. Please share a nursing theory that you have found to be helpful to you in practice. Why is this nursing theory meaningful to you? Feel free to share an example […]

Analysis and Application of a Nursing Theory Using the nursing theory you selected in the Week 4 Collaboration Cafe, consider how the following components would be included in an analysis of that theory:   Origin of the theory   Meaning of the theory   Logical adequacy of the theory   Usefulness of the theory   […]

While the focus of this course is nursing theory, frequently we use a non-nursing or borrowed theory to help us manage or guide a situation or change. Think of a time when you were involved in a situation or a change that needed to occur. If you feel you have not applied a borrowed theory […]

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 […]