Socio Cultural Determinants that Affect Nutritional Status (of elderly above sixty years of age and children below five years of age) in Barangay Banga‚ Talisay‚ Batangas Introduction The effects of malnutrition on human performance‚ health and survival have been the subject of extensive research for several decades and studies show that malnutrition affects physical growth‚ morbidity‚ mortality‚ cognitive development‚ reproduction‚ and physical work capacity. Malnutrition is an underlying factor
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Theory offers structure and organization to nursing knowledge and provides a logical way of gathering information to describe‚ explain‚ and predict nursing practice. Theories describe and explain nursing and the purpose of nursing to differentiate it from other caring professions by setting boundaries. (McEwen & Wills‚ 2014‚ p. 25). The use of theories gives nursing its own identity and takes away the task-oriented description of the past. Kolcaba’s theory of comfort is a theory that is used throughout
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Across Theory Concept Comparison and Analysis Across Theories Concept Comparison and Analysis Across Theories Nursing has evolved into a science. Like other scientific disciplines‚ the practice of nursing is guided by nursing theories. According to Julia George‚ “practice is based on the theories of the discipline that are validated through research” (George‚ 2011‚ p. 7). The major shift in theoretical thinking in nursing is said to occur in the 1960s when the focus in nursing shifted
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Theoretical Framework for Nursing Practice – Module 6 A. Compare and contrast two of the models or theories presented in this chapter considering their usefulness in practice‚ research‚ education and administration. For the purposes of this discussion‚ I have selected King’s Theory of Goal Attainment and Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations. On a broad perspective‚ both theories aim at explaining the interaction processes that happen between a nurse and her patient. Imogene
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SELF-CARE DEFICIT THEORY OF NURSING Dorcas Gray NUR/403 January 13‚ 2014 Marilyn Moorhouse University of Phoenix Material Nursing Theorist Grid The chosen theorist is Dorothea Orem. Description of key points of the theory The self-care deficit theory “provides a way of looking at and investigating what nurses do” (Blais & Hayes‚ 2011‚ p. 102). It speaks to activities that individuals can perform independently to maintain life‚ health‚ and wellbeing. The theory outlines the three
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Journal of Nursing Science (2008) 5‚ 71 doi:10.1111/j.1742-7924.2008.00111.x EDITORIAL Nursing theory – remembering our future Modern nursing theory began with Virginia Henderson in the 1960s. In her grand theory of nursing‚ she defined nursing as “assisting individuals to gain independence in the performance of activities contributing to health or its recovery (Henderson‚ 1966‚ p. 15). Since the 1970s‚ the literature on nursing theory has focused upon two levels of nursing theories: the “grand
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Challenging RN-BSN Students To Apply Orem’s Theory To Practice Susan Davidson‚ EdD‚ RN Abstract: It is a challenge to engage RN-BSN students in learning to apply nursing theory. In associate degree nursing programs‚ nursing theory is barely mentioned and not discussed in detail. This paper reports the experience of one university nursing program that adopted Dorothea Orem’s nursing theory as the basis for its curriculum. The RNs were introduced to Orem’s theory in their first course. Subsequent courses
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Introduction to Theory 1. How does the Nursing Theory assist the practicing nurse in the delivery of care to patients? Explain your answer. Nursing theories are important to the lives of nurses because they help develop and understand further the nursing practice. These were formulated by the theorists because they believed that these will aid nurses in the holistic health care delivery and furthermore help in collaborating with other disciplines and practices. These guide the nurse on what nursing is and
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Women ’s University‚ Master of Arts in Nursing Theoretical Framework for Nursing Practice – Module 4 A. Look for an example of middle-range theory. Evaluate it as to the following (Be sure to justify your answers): 1. Congruence with nursing standards. 2. Congruence with current nursing interventions or therapeutics. 3. Evidence of empirical setting‚ research support and validity. 4. Use by educators‚ nursing researches or nursing administrators. 5. Social relevance
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It is important to understand how theories are developed and that is‚ using the why and how. For example‚ why did something happen and how can it be fixed. With this understanding‚ then one can realize and understand how nursing theories are developed and how important it is to be able to borrow theories from other disciplines. It is important to understand that most professions developed their theories from other disciplines so as to make a stand and to develop a foundation that they can base their
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