Major Nursing Theories

Major Assessment using Theories in a Practice Problem
Brenda Gould-Johnson
Walden University
Scientific Foundations for Nursing
NURS 8110
Dr. Eric Anderson
August 10, 2013

Major Assessment Nursing is a science that may encompass other theories to support the research goal while evaluating the state of health of the client in response to the information, treatment and procedures to prevent or cure. These efforts are to get these individuals, families and groups to obtain and maintain an optimal health status. The practice theories, also known as middle range theories are easier for the DNP practitioner to apply health care interventions (Grove, Burns, & Gray, 2013). The clinical practice problem in this paper is Women
In other words, we can also learn by observing other people. This ability began as youngsters instinctively. As advanced nursing professional, we must remember we are role models and should be on guard regarding our conduct. The social-cognitive learning theory is principled in observational activities and can drive a point to give attention or motivation. The observer watches an activity and is able to repeat the action or procedure. This vicarious learning can be learned by someone describing behavior and later demonstrating it (McEwen & Wills, 2011). The social cognitive action requires the researcher to understand and manage self-esteem and self-efficacy of those in the study. The researcher can control the environment but not the mental thoughts of a person. For example, the researcher could control the environment by putting everyone in a room and bring a power point presentation while addressing the clients. And be able to describe and give recall of what occurred in the closed-controlled environment (McEwen & Wills, 2011). Self-esteem actually is related to the inner stability of a person, how they view themselves, accepting personal “self-worth” (McEwen & Wills, 2011). It is necessary in the search design in understanding of how health care staff and community volunteers can model the
According to McEwen and Wills (2011), concepts such as pain, symptom management, cultural issues, and health promotion issues are commonly addressed. The target population in the research study is the issues surrounding women who are underserved, uninsured who live in the similar environment a metropolitan community who do not routinely perform breast cancer screening and the reasons why not. The disparity surround this health issue and the possibilities to combat this is situation is exciting and unending in the literature. The behavioral theorist seemed appropriate for this study since one of my goals in this population is change behavior, which will take dedication, research, education, testing, and creative ways to present the material, requiring some reinforcement and reminders to perform monthly SBE and scheduled mammography. If any testing is needed prior to mammograms due to other health issues, the theory developed can be revisited to examine due to any testing (McKenna, 1997). The research does encompass borrowing several theories to support the goals for healthy behavior change for the population and allows the nurse to deliver the best care for the community (McEwen & Wills, 2011, figure