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Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice

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Assignments & Answers

7 Modules • 7 Discussion Questions/Assignments & their Answers

DQ1

Review the Thomas Kuhn and Georg Friedrich Hegel videos and then view at least two other philosophy videos listed to choose from. Comment on your understanding of Kuhn's work and how it compares to Hegel's work. How are they alike? How are they different? Comment on the influences of the other philosophers you viewed and how all of these videos relate to nursing knowledge and development. Summarize and end with the influence of philosophy on kno…
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Assignment 3.1: Frankl Book Critique/Alternate Assignment

Please read Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl and review Part I pp. IX–93 and Part II pp. 97–165 reading selections from this week and last week. Describe, in one paragraph, the primary thesis of Man's Search for Meaning and how Frankl's theory on Logotherapy was developed. How is nursing theory similarly developed? How is this book and Logotherapy relevant to nursing theory and development? Make a connection b…
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Assignment 3.1: Virtual field trip

Take a virtual field trip to National Institute of Nursing Research. Visit the NINR to learn about the mission and strategic plan of this organization. Once you have taken the tour, compose a 2–3 minute transcript detailing what you learned about the NINR and how information from this site can impact your clinical practice, now and as an APN. Please include at least two citations as support. Upload this transcript and your Kaltura video to…
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Discussion Question

Calvin Lewis is a 20-year-old African American male who comes to your clinic for the first time complaining of asthma-type symptoms. Describe grand, mid-range, and situation specific theory. Identify Calvin’s current health problem area and select one mid-range or situation-specific nursing theory that is congruent with the care of Calvin as presented in the media piece on asthma. Include rationale of how the selected mid-range theory or …
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Theory Project Artifact for Theory Outside Nursing Connecting Theory to Advanced Practice

Create an artifact to share information on your selection in a creative teach-back method for your peers. Creative ways to complete this may include a Kaltura video or some other form relating to this theory or model. For example, you could create a food recipe, a game, a song, visual art, something nature-focused, a drama script, a mock interview, a commercial, or a very short film. Be sure to include how this theory or model relates to your nu…
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Discussion Question

Reflecting on Chapter 10, the models listed on the table in Meleis (Table 10-1, p. 177), and the module on Nurse Scholars in Theory Evaluation for Week 6, succinctly evaluate the theory you have selected to present. Include four paragraphs with the following headings: Theory Description, Analysis, Evaluation, and Development. In the description, include and discuss origins, influences, historical context, scope, purpose, main concepts, and struc…
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Discussion question: Patterns of Knowing and Demonstrating Knowledge for Practice

Discussion question: Wit Film and Patterns of Knowing From a nursing perspective, in what ways did you see each of the five patterns of knowledge described by Chinn and Kramer emerge in this film. Write one to two paragraphs to answer these questions. Discuss the profundity in the insight of Jon Donne's poem “Death be not Proud.” Vivan struggled with this work as a young scholar, but what does this mean for Vivan and the current exi…
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Directions: A Reflection

Reflect on what lies ahead for the future of nursing in the 21st century and your practice. Each of the next bullets should be a paragraph in your post. As an advanced practice nurse, how will you integrate mid-range or situation-specific theory into practice? In one paragraph, name three important ways to bridge the theory-practice gap. What have you added to your repertoire on nursing philosophy? How has learning about theory changed your prac…
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Assignments & Answers

7 Modules • 7 Discussion Questions/Assignments & their Answers

DQ1

Review the Thomas Kuhn and Georg Friedrich Hegel videos and then view at least two other philosophy videos listed to choose from. Comment on your understanding of Kuhn's work and how it compares to Hegel's work. How are they alike? How are they different? Comment on the influences of the other philosophers you viewed and how all of these videos relate to nursing knowledge and development. Summarize and end with the influence of philosophy on kno…
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Assignment 3.1: Frankl Book Critique/Alternate Assignment

Please read Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl and review Part I pp. IX–93 and Part II pp. 97–165 reading selections from this week and last week. Describe, in one paragraph, the primary thesis of Man's Search for Meaning and how Frankl's theory on Logotherapy was developed. How is nursing theory similarly developed? How is this book and Logotherapy relevant to nursing theory and development? Make a connection b…
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Assignment 3.1: Virtual field trip

Take a virtual field trip to National Institute of Nursing Research. Visit the NINR to learn about the mission and strategic plan of this organization. Once you have taken the tour, compose a 2–3 minute transcript detailing what you learned about the NINR and how information from this site can impact your clinical practice, now and as an APN. Please include at least two citations as support. Upload this transcript and your Kaltura video to…
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Discussion Question

Calvin Lewis is a 20-year-old African American male who comes to your clinic for the first time complaining of asthma-type symptoms. Describe grand, mid-range, and situation specific theory. Identify Calvin’s current health problem area and select one mid-range or situation-specific nursing theory that is congruent with the care of Calvin as presented in the media piece on asthma. Include rationale of how the selected mid-range theory or …
Go to Question/Answer Page

Theory Project Artifact for Theory Outside Nursing Connecting Theory to Advanced Practice

Create an artifact to share information on your selection in a creative teach-back method for your peers. Creative ways to complete this may include a Kaltura video or some other form relating to this theory or model. For example, you could create a food recipe, a game, a song, visual art, something nature-focused, a drama script, a mock interview, a commercial, or a very short film. Be sure to include how this theory or model relates to your nu…
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Discussion Question

Reflecting on Chapter 10, the models listed on the table in Meleis (Table 10-1, p. 177), and the module on Nurse Scholars in Theory Evaluation for Week 6, succinctly evaluate the theory you have selected to present. Include four paragraphs with the following headings: Theory Description, Analysis, Evaluation, and Development. In the description, include and discuss origins, influences, historical context, scope, purpose, main concepts, and struc…
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Discussion question: Patterns of Knowing and Demonstrating Knowledge for Practice

Discussion question: Wit Film and Patterns of Knowing From a nursing perspective, in what ways did you see each of the five patterns of knowledge described by Chinn and Kramer emerge in this film. Write one to two paragraphs to answer these questions. Discuss the profundity in the insight of Jon Donne's poem “Death be not Proud.” Vivan struggled with this work as a young scholar, but what does this mean for Vivan and the current exi…
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Directions: A Reflection

Reflect on what lies ahead for the future of nursing in the 21st century and your practice. Each of the next bullets should be a paragraph in your post. As an advanced practice nurse, how will you integrate mid-range or situation-specific theory into practice? In one paragraph, name three important ways to bridge the theory-practice gap. What have you added to your repertoire on nursing philosophy? How has learning about theory changed your prac…
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This course includes

  • Scholarship and Knowledge for Theory and Practice
  • Module 2: Levels of nurse theory and application to Practice
  • Module 3: Levels of Theory and Application to 21st-Century Nursing Practice
  • Module 4: Connecting Nursing with Health-Related Theories and Concept Analysis
  • Module 5: Evaluation of Nursing Theory
  • Module 6: Patterns of Knowing and Demonstrating Knowledge for Practice
  • Module 7: Challenges and Opportunities for a Theoretical Future

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