Grand and Mid Range Theories Nursing theories are organized‚ patterned or systemic approaches to provide guidelines for professional nursing practice. Theories “consists of sets of interconnected propositions designed to describe‚ explain and practice an event or phenomenon” (Lortenz p. 39). Chinn & Krammer (1991) discuss a theory as a systemic abstraction of reality intended to serve some purpose. The continuum of theories range greatly from grand theories at one end‚ theories that focus on
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NURSING Toward a Mid-Range Theory of Nursing Presence nuf_215 71..82 Michelle A. McMahon‚ MSN‚ RN‚ and Kimberly A. Christopher‚ PhD‚ RN‚ OCN Michelle A. McMahon‚ MSN‚ RN‚ is a Student in the PhD in Nursing Program‚ College of Nursing‚ University of Massachusetts Dartmouth‚ North Dartmouth‚ MA; Kimberly A. Christopher‚ PhD‚ RN‚ OCN‚ is Associate Professor‚ College of Nursing‚ University of Massachusetts Dartmouth‚ North Dartmouth‚ MA. Keywords Nursing presence‚ mid-range theory‚ nurse education
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Grand Theory Written Assignment 3.1 A grand theory is a systematic construction for the nature of nursing that has a clear mission and goals for nursing care. There are four categories of schools of thought within the realm of grand theories to include needs theories‚ interaction theories‚ outcome theories‚ and lastly caring/becoming theories. In the following tables I have highlighted a theorist from each school of thought and briefly discussed their educational background‚ my perception of
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will be comparing Virginia Henderson’s grand theory of Principles and Practice of Nursing to Levine’s Consevation Model of Nursing. The article I used was‚ “Testing a Theory of Health Promotion for Preterm Infants Based on Levine’s Conservation Model of Nursing‚” by Linda Medfford‚ and‚ Martha Raile Alligood. Virginia Henderson’s grand theory of Principles and Practice of Nursing‚ it is explained that the grand theory is for the brain dead patient. This theory points out to the nurse that‚ “An indirect
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Evolution of the Mid Range Theory of Comfort for Outcomes Research Katharine Kolcaba‚ PhD‚ RN‚ C The developmental stages of the mid range theory of comfort are discussed in this article‚ which includes its philosophic orientation and its inductive‚ deductive‚ and retroductive reasoning. Other steps that are described are the concept analysis of comfort‚ the operationalization of the outcome of patient comfort‚ the application of the theory in previous nursing studies‚ and the evaluation of the
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Middle-range theory‚ developed by Robert K. Merton‚ is an approach to sociological theorizing aimed at integrating theory and empirical research. It is currently the de facto dominant approach to sociological theory construction‚[1] especially in the United States. Middle-range theory starts with an empirical phenomenon (as opposed to a broad abstract entity like the social system) and abstracts from it to create general statements that can be verified by data.[2] This approach stands in contrast
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Nursing theory is an organized framework of concepts and purposes that designed to guide the nursing practice. Nursing theories are developed to guide the nursing practice‚ explain and define the nursing care and provide a foundation for clinical decision making. A number of nursing theories are used by nurses in everyday nursing practice. Nursing theories provide a foundation to nursing care as they help nurses to use their critical thinking skills‚ analytical skills and improve concept comprehension
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experience‚ previous research‚ current nursing theories‚ and national initiatives (Schmidt & Brown‚ 2015). Professional literature can help to identify a research problem. Reading journals‚ using internet search engines such as; Google and PubMed as well as having a discussion regarding information learned from a professional journal can lead to clinical research (Schmidt & Brown‚ 2015). Personal clinical experiences can lead nurses
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Horblit Health Sciences Library Nursing Middle Range Theory & Applications visit the Library for articles on these theories Middle Range Theory Theorist/s Idea Application Acute Pain Management (Adults) Goode & Moore Complementary Nursing Therapies for Pain and Stress: Relaxation and Music for Postoperative Pain; Stress and Immunity; and Integrated Research Reviews. CHANGE study Great Lakes GIT Provide clinicians with prescriptions for pain reduction and a conceptual basis for pain interventions
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Application of a Grand Theory Mallory Rahar Maryville September 4‚ 2014 Application of a Grand Theory Nurses use theories in every day practice to help answer questions and to build a strong foundation from. In this paper‚ two theories will be compared and contrasted. The first article applied Virginia Henderson’s grand theory of Principles and Practice of Nursing‚ also known as the activities of living theory (Nicely & DeLario‚ 2011). She believed‚ “the best health care is patient-focused;
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