Tag: Theory
The objective for the development of a theory is to illustrate, define, or systematize knowledge in a professional field of study. Theory can be utilized in all facets of nursing and promotes the advancement of education, knowledge and care in the profession.
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Analysis and Evaluation of the Theory of Comfort
Nursing Essays
Theory Analysis Scope The Theory of Comfort by Katherine Kolcaba is middle range theory. Middle range theories contain a limited number of concepts and have a more limited scope. However, Kolcaba̵...
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Foundations in Nursing Comfort Theory
Nursing Essays
Everyone has experienced some type of discomfort or pain. Possibly it may be the most common reason why people seek health care. The role of the nurse is to provide care for clients in many settings a...
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Hildegard Peplau Nursing Theory
Nursing Essays
Hildegard Peplau’s theory of interpersonal relations is a middle range theory that focuses on the nurse – patient relationship and how the two work together toward the common goal of welln...
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Hildegard Peplau's Nursing Theory Analysis
Nursing Essays
Hildegard Peplau is known for her many contributions to nursing. Although, she has made many strides in furthering psychiatric nursing, she greatly impacted the general field of nursing with her theor...
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Orem Self Care Deficit Theory
Nursing Essays
Nursing has developed throughout the decades with remarkable search to create a range of conceptualization that can characterize and define nursing science from wide perspectives. In this regard, the ...
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Community Empowerment Theory
Nursing Essays
As health care professionals it is essential that Registered Nurses use well developed and tested theories to guide their practice. As put by McEwen (2011, p.375) “Theory provides the basis of u...
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Self Care Deficit Theory of Nursing
Nursing Essays
The Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory (SCDNT) developed by Dorothea Orem and published in 1971 is one of the most influential and extensively utilized theories in nursing. The theory stemmed from resea...
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Importance of Imogene King's Theory of Goal Attainment
Nursing Essays
The role of theory to the profession of nursing is a foundational one. The presence of theory and a specialized scientific knowledge base coupled with unique practice abilities establish nursing as a...
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Florence Nightingale's Environmental Theory
Nursing Essays
Sarah Trafford Where Did the Theory Come From? The environmental theory created by Florence Nightingale concentrates on the patient’s environment and the external conditions that effect diseas...
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Adaptation Model Theory Analysis
Nursing Essays
Vangilene Shore The theorist I selected is named Lorraine Callista Roy who was born on October 14, 1939, in Los Angeles, California. She was brought up to be raised in a family with solid Cathol...
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Middle Range Nursing Theory
Nursing Essays
Contents Introduction Middle Range Nursing Theory Overview of a Nursing Theorist Nursing Meta-paradigm Importance of Middle Range Theory How Will This Theory Improve Nursing Practice? Conclusion Refe...
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Behavioral Systems Theory Utilization and Application
Nursing Essays
A body or collection of knowledge that is of most use in giving definitions and explanation to the profession of nursing is referred to as a nursing theory. Theories are based on assumptions made up o...
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Uncertainty in Illness Theory Analysis
Nursing Essays
UNCERTAINTY IN ILLNESS THEORY MIDDLE RANGE THEORY ASSIGNMENT BY STEPHANIE MORRIS Background and credentials Merle Mishel strives to enhance patient outcome and care during uncertainty by identifying...
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Does Nursing Need Theory?
Nursing Essays
=Do nurses need theory? A question that can be considered on many different levels. If one considers the evolution of nursing over time, one can observe that the nurse of antiquity was arguably as de...
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Watson’s Caring theory (2008) for Elderly Care
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Aging is a natural part of human life. With modern technologies and medical innovations the society has been able to prolong life and thus increase the number of older adults in the society. Normal p...
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Gate Control Theory Of Pain Health And Social Care Essay
Nursing Essays
OA knee pain - prevalence, cost to NHS etc. Physio treatment of neck pain→ electro modalities, esp TENS Pain is something that everyone suffers with at one time or another. Pain can be a huge...
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Foucault's Theory Of Power
Nursing Essays
The entire work of Michael Foucault is one of the most important and innovative theoretical productions of the 20th century. It has been characterized as complex, daring and often in conflict with the...
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Occupational Theory And Well Being
Nursing Essays
This discussion will be looking at the health needs of an individual and impact these have on health, illness and well-being, in relation to occupational therapy. Firstly it will look at the individua...
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Theory and Practice in Maori Social Work
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SOCIAL WORK Integrate Theory and Practice in Social work Task 1 The treaty of Waitaki presents the agreement between Maori and the Crown. The treaty was signed on 6th February 1840 at Waitaki in the ...
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History of Cancer Theories
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Defining Cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving out-of-control growth of abnormal cell growth in a part of the body. Ancient Evidence of Cancer The world’s first recorded case of cance...
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