Theory is thereby derived from practice and practice is altered or extended by theory. In the early 1980’s a nursing theorist named Patricia Benner applied the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to nursing practice and knowledge development to define steps by which nurses can attain expert status in nursing practice. Patricia Benner describes five levels of nursing experience and skill acquisition starting with novice, then advanced beginner, next is competent, then proficient and finally expert level of clinical practice. In this paper I will discuss Benner’s theory of skill acquisition, the many uses of this theory, as well my personal review and critique of this nursing theory. I will further discuss key concepts of the theory, uses of the concepts, cases, and finally apply a graphic model of the theory as well as modifications to the model for use in my personal practice.
In 1997, Dr. Kolcaba graduated with a PhD in Nursing from Case Western Reserve University. While in this PhD program, Dr. Kolcaba earned the Lilian De Young Research Award in 1995 for outstanding research development (Kolcaba, 2010). Currently, Dr. Kolcaba is teaching theory and research courses at the University of Akron College of Nursing. Dr. Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory grew from an assignment given by Dr. Rosemary Ellis. Dr. Ellis challenged the new PhD students to diagram their current practice and define practice concepts.
Vision for the future of nursing NUR 391 August1st, 2011 Dr. Wanda Dooley Vision for the future of nursing Introduction: This Power Point Presentation will show how evidence-based practice will influence trends in healthcare and the future of nursing. There will also be information describing how the application of nursing theory will continue to influence professional nursing practice, as well as the nurse’s current role is in research, and how new roles and opportunities will benefit nursing and healthcare in general. Trends: How evidence-based practice will influence trends in healthcare and the future of nursing. According to Fawcett and Garity (2009) “Evidence for nursing practice comes from research and other sources. Evidence-based practice requires an understanding of how research findings and other evidence inform and guide practice,” (p. 3) that is seen in professional nursing and patient care.
It is a process that involves nurse-patient collaboration where in the nurse’s intervention “depends upon the patient’s active involvement in determining both the cause of the distress and also an action which may reduce the distress”(Potter & Bockenhauer, 2000, para. 5). This theory is patient centered and focused on reducing patient’s distress. In order to do this according to Alligood (2010) the nurse has to focus on the patients and their needs and validating them before intervening rather than assuming their problems and make random decisions. Theory’s Historical background: Ida Jean Orlando was a professor at Yale University in the 1950’s.
Running head: INTEGRATION OF NURSING THEORY INTO PRACTICE 1 Integration of Nursing Theory Into Practice Denyse Collins University of South Alabama Running head: CROSS POST: THEORY BASED PRACTICE DISCUSSION Integration of Nursing Theory Into Practice 2 Nursing is a profession that constitutes both art and science. Carper described empirical, ethical, personal, and esthetic designs of nursing knowing to complete the framework of nursing knowledge (Chinn & Kramer, 2011). The advance practice nurse (APN) aspires to provide optimal care to patients by utilizing evidenced-based practice and a creative means of putting evidence-based practice into action. This essay will explore the pertinence of nursing theory to nursing practice, the role of the APN in decreasing the separation between theory and practice, and apply Jean Watson’s Caring Theory to the phenomenon of concern, patient care. APNs can facilitate the ability to practice both the art and science of nursing and reduce the chasm between theory and practice by using nursing theory as a foundation.
Personal Philosophy of Nursing Beverly’s Personal Philosophy of Nursing In order to write a philosophy of nursing, I believe that first one must decide what philosophy means to them. William R. Thomas (2011), director of programs for The Atlas Society, explains philosophy as an inclusive system of ideas about human nature and the nature of the reality we live in. Studies reveal that this system is a guide for living centered on the issues it addresses and determining the course we take in life and how we treat other people is determined by one’s philosophy. Based on this information a nurse’s philosophy of their responsibilities as a member of the health care profession is significant. As a nurse grows with knowledge and experience their philosophy is likely to yield some transformation.
Though nurses generally align themselves with a favorite nursing theorist to form their approach to practice, many concepts are based on the basic metaparadigm of nursing: person, environment, health, and nurse. It is difficult to only utilize one theory as the practice of nursing addresses many different clients, environments and situations. I plan to utilize multiple nursing theories throughout the educational and professional growth process while pursuing a graduate degree: McAuley’s careful nursing philosophy, and professional practice model, Benner’s model of skill acquisition, and Leininger’s culture-care theory. Multiple nursing theorists, as well as those from other disciplines have attempted to define person, health, and environment. These concepts form the foundation, along with the concept of nursing as practice, the basic metaparadigm, or ideology of nursing.
Nursing Theorist Grid Use grid below to complete the Week 4-Nursing Theorists assignment. Please see the “Nursing Theorists’ Grading Criteria” document, located on the Materials page of the student Web site. Name: kisha Theorist Selected: Dorothea Orem Description of Theory: According to Somchit, (1989), Orem’s theory, “Focuses on self-care needs of the patient and is a deliberate action of the nurse who views patients in terms of their self-care capacity. Orem has specified the relationship of her concepts into a set of theories that are interrelated in nursing: theory of self-care deficit, theory of self- care, and theory of nursing systems. With Orem’s theory the focus of nursing is the individual, more specifically the individual’s self-care requisites.
Hildegard Peplau’s Interpersonal Relations in Nursing Theory Innocent A, RN NUR 301-90 Application of Nursing Theory October 10, 2012 Trena S, EdDc, MSN, RN Introduction Many nursing theorists have presented theories in nursing that touch on specific aspects of the nursing process, or nursing as a whole as a profession. Virginia Henderson for instance, developed a theory on human needs she called ‘The Needs Theory,’ Patricia Benner, ‘The Novice to Expert Theory,’ mapping individual skills growth in the profession, and Dr. Madeleine Leininger in ‘Culture Care Theory’ stresses on cultural competence in nursing care (Reed & Shearer, P285,278,404). All these are rich nursing works. Hildegard E. Peplau in a similar light published a nursing theory on interpersonal relations in 1952. A close look at her theory got me so fascinated with her invention for it very quickly proved very practical in many ways to my daily experiences in provision of nursing care, even as a novice nurse.
Nursing Theorist Grid Use grid below to complete the Week 4-Nursing Theorists assignment. Please see the “Nursing Theorists’ Grading Criteria” document, located on the Materials page of the student Web site. Name: Cheryl Long Theorist Selected: Florence Nightingale Description of Theory: Nightingale’s theory defined nursing as a calling, an art, and a science. Nursing knowledge is different from medicine, and requires specific educational bases. Nursing promotes health in the caring moment by any caregiver.