SU NSG5002 All Weeks Discussions Latest 2019 March Question # 00599807 Course Code : NSG5002 Subject: Health Care Due on: 03/25/2019 Posted On: 03/25/2019 11:27 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 5.0/5

NSG5002
Advanced Theoretical Perspective for Nursing

Week 1
Discussion

Theories are derived from conceptual models and are
comprised of concepts and propositions. The only concepts that are common to
all nursing theories, in some shape or form, are patient, nurse, health, and
environment. These are sometimes referred to as the basic metaparadigms of the
nursing domain. Identify two additional concepts that are relevant to your
personal practice of nursing and explain how they relate to your practice and
why they are important to your practice.

NSG5002
Advanced Theoretical Perspective for Nursing

Week 2
Discussion

The “theory-practice gap,” as some have called it, has
prevented our profession from full utilization of its knowledge base in
practice, and has impeded the view of nursing as a theoretically based
discipline, to its detriment. There are distinctly different viewpoints to this
argument, based on the different perspectives of academics and theoreticians on
the one hand and that of practitioners on the other. Being honest about your
reaction, and applying critical thinking skills to the question, where do you
stand on the issue, and why?

The development of the discipline of nursing has gone
through many stages of philosophical debates. Justify the relevance and utility
of the knowledge of theory development to your practice.

NSG5002
Advanced Theoretical Perspective for Nursing

Week 3
Discussion

Choose a theory that finds practical application in critical
care/pediatric/psychiatric nursing and discuss the origins of the theory based
on the following criteria:

How did the happenings of the nursing profession impact the
origin of this theory?

What values, evidence, or existing knowledge did the
theorist cite to support the theory?

What was the theorist’s motivation behind writing the
theory?

Compare the nursing philosophy of Benner and Henderson on
the basis of the following criteria.

Main ideas of the theory

Main concepts

Relationships between concepts

How different concepts affect each other

Cite an example or case study from your field where both
these philosophies find practical utility.

NSG5002
Advanced Theoretical Perspective for Nursing

Week 4
Discussion

Choose a middle-range theory or grand theory that, in your
opinion, can be applied to research. What are the assumptions underpinning this
theory? Discuss how this theory finds application in research.

Choose a middle-range theory or grand theory that, in your
opinion, can be applied to practice. What are the assumptions underpinning this
theory? Discuss how this theory finds application in your area of practice.

NSG5002
Advanced Theoretical Perspective for Nursing

Week 5
Discussion

Professional socialization relates to the manner in which we
learn the roles and functions of being a nurse once we enter the healthcare
system. What are some of the ways this socialization occurs in your place of
employment, and do you believe it leads to effective assumption of the nursing
role? This socialization occurs in a patriarchal healthcare system that still
remains predominantly male physician-based. Discuss the impact, you believe,
this has on socialization to the nursing role.

Identify an area of practice where change theory may find
applicability. Provide examples to support your answer. Comment on the inherent
weaknesses in change theory that may impact real life situations or give rise
to difficulties in the process of applying this theory.