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NU500 Theoretical Foundations for Nursing

Unit 1 Discussion

Introduction to Nursing Theory and Certification

Discussion Question/Prompt [Due Wednesday]

Please complete the following steps for your initial discussion post:

Watch the NU 500 Certification Success Presentation

Certification Success Preview the document[Powerpoint Presentation]

Visit the websites of the organizations that offer certification exams for your specialty MSN track- NE, NL, or FNP by clicking on the links below. (BSN students, choose one specialty track of interest- FNP, NE or NL).

FNP: AANP (Links to an external site.) and ANCC (Links to an external site.) (FNP)

or

Nurse Educator: NLN (Links to an external site.) (CNE) and ANCC (Links to an external site.) (Nursing Professional Development)

or

Nurse Leader: AONL (Links to an external site.) (Formerly AONE) and ANCC (Links to an external site.) (NL)

Compare and summarize the requirements that are needed to be eligible for the two exams in your chosen specialty track.

Describe the value of certification in your chosen specialty track.

How can certification enhance your career goals for professional advancement in nursing?

How can application of nursing theory benefit you personally and empower/advance the nursing profession as a whole?

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis and include peer-reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format and use level headers for each discussion prompt.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Discussion Peer/Participation Prompt [Due Sunday]

Please respond to at least 2 of your peer’s posts.

Compare your peers’ responses about the value of certification to yours; how are they different, how are they the same?

Respond to their ideas on certification to expand the conversation and/or give additional perspective.

Ask for clarification if needed.

Present new references that support your opinions.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

NU500 Theoretical Foundations for Nursing

Unit 2 Discussion

DQ1 Concept Analysis

Please complete the following steps for your initial discussion post:

Go to the library nursing database CINAHL and search for a “Concept Analysis” article on a concept of interest and discuss the following:

Briefly, describe the method of Concept Analysis used for this article (ex. Walker and Avant, Rodgers, Meleis, etc.)

Discuss the author’s aim and purpose for doing the concept analysis on this topic.

Describe the defining attributes of the concept examined.

What are the benefits of completing a Concept Analysis for nursing theory development, research, and nursing practice? How can defining nursing concepts strengthen nursing as a profession?

Attach the Concept Analysis article to your initial discussion post.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Discussion Peer/Participation Prompt [Due Sunday]

Please respond to at least 2 of your peer’s posts. To ensure that your responses are substantive, use at least three of these prompts:

Compare your response with your peers’ response and expand upon the benefits of defining nursing concepts for nursing theory development, research, and practice.

Present new references that support your opinions.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

DQ2 Nursing Metaparadigms

Please read the following introduction and complete the following steps for your initial discussion post:

This discussion question focuses on the four nursing paradigms, which are comprised of person, health, environment, and nursing. Each metaparadigm plays a key role in the nursing process and is essential when providing patient care.

Select one metaparadigm (person, health, nursing, or environment).

Describe the metaparadigm’s significance specific to your nursing practice.

Compare and contrast two nursing theorists’ individual definitions/interpretations of the selected nursing metaparadigm (person, health, nursing, or environment).

Be sure to supplement your discussion with your personal and professional experiences.

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

This topic is valued at 40 points. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Discussion Peer/Participation Prompt [Due Sunday]

Please respond to at least 2 of your peer’s posts. To ensure that your responses are substantive, use at least three of these prompts:

Compare your selected metaparadigm with your peers’ selections in terms of its relevance and significance

Contrast the significance of the metaparadigms to your practice with that presented by your peers.

Share any additional thoughts about the four metaparadigms.

Present new references that support your opinions.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

NU500 Theoretical Foundations for Nursing

Unit 3 Discussion

DQ1 Types of Theory

Please read the following introduction and complete the following steps for your initial discussion post:

There are a number of methods for classifying theory in nursing. These include classification based on range/scope or abstractness (metatheory, grand, middle-range, or practice theory) and type or purpose of the theory (descriptive, explanatory, predictive, or prescriptive).

For this Unit’s discussion post, address the following:

Identify one specific nursing theory that relates to your area of practice. Feel free to go to the Currents website or look in your textbook for multiple nursing theories to choose from http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/ (Links to an external site.)

Discuss the type of the selected nursing theory according to scope (meta-theory, grand, middle-range, or practice theory) and purpose (descriptive, explanatory, predictive, or prescriptive).

Provide an example of how the selected nursing theory can be applied to your area of practice. The example should include core concepts of the theory and demonstrate its practical application.

Be sure to supplement your discussion with your personal and professional experiences.

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Discussion Peer/Participation Prompt [Due Sunday]

Please respond to at least 2 of your peer’s posts. To ensure that your responses are substantive, use at least three of these prompts:

How is your peer’s choice of nursing theory different from yours, discuss the differences.

Share your thoughts on how they could apply their chosen nursing theory in the practice setting.

Present new references that support your opinions.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

DQ2 Patterns of Knowing

Please read the following introduction and complete the following steps for your initial discussion post:

In the Chinn and Kramer (2018) reading, chapter 5, the authors discuss personal knowing and its impact on nursing theory and nursing practice. Consider professional development of nursing and apply the concepts of personal knowing on the development of nursing practice.

Please respond to all of the following:

What is personal knowing; how does your personal knowing affect your personal professional development?

Identify and discuss 2 professional strengths and 2 weaknesses that you have?

How can you apply nursing theory to address your weaknesses and further develop your strengths?

Be sure to supplement your discussion with your personal and professional experiences.

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

References:

Chinn, P. & Kramer, M. (2018) Knowledge development in nursing: Theory and process (10th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. ISBN 9780323530613

Discussion Peer/Participation Prompt [Due Sunday]

Please respond to at least 2 of your peer’s posts. To ensure that your responses are substantive, use at least three of these prompts:

Contrast your experiences of clinical decisions based on personal knowing with your peers’ experiences.

Compare your personal knowing with your peers’ pattern of knowing.

Discuss how your identified strengths and weakness differ (or are the same as) those of your peers.

Present new references that support your opinions.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

NU500 Theoretical Foundations for Nursing

Unit 4 Discussion

Theory and Leadership

Please complete the following steps for your initial discussion post:

Choose one leadership, management or organizational theory from your textbook and complete a library search for a peer-reviewed journal article that integrates the chosen theory with a nursing management/leadership topic.

Present the article and discuss the theory used, the benefits of utilizing theory in this management/leadership article, and any weaknesses you identify with using the theory.

Discuss how application of leadership theoretical frameworks and models can benefit nurse leaders personally and advance the nursing profession as a whole.

Responses should be at least 500 words, integrate key concepts from the Unitly readings and include specific examples of how the concepts can be applied to your work environment.

Attach a copy of the article to this discussion forum.

Be sure to supplement your discussion with personal and professional experiences.

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Discussion Peer/Participation Prompt [Due Sunday]

Please respond to at least 2 of your peer’s posts. To ensure that your responses are substantive, use at least three of these prompts:

Comment on your peers’ selection of peer-reviewed article and the effectiveness of the theory used.

Compare and contrast your response with your peers’ response about the benefits of applying theory in leadership.

Discuss how the key concepts presented by your peers’ can be applied to your work environment.

Present new references that support your opinions.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

NU500 Theoretical Foundations for Nursing

Unit 5 Discussion

Theory and Education

Complete a library search for a peer-reviewed journal article that integrates theory with a nursing education topic.

Present the article and discuss the theory used and the benefits of utilizing theory in nursing education

Discuss how nurse educators can use Adult Learning Theory principles to guide teaching practices and curriculum development.

Attach a copy of the article to this discussion forum.

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis and include peer-reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

This topic is valued at 40 points. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Discussion Peer/Participation Prompt [Due Sunday]

Please respond to at least 2 of your peer’s posts. To ensure that your responses are substantive, use at least three of these prompts:

Comment on your peers’ selection of peer-reviewed article and the effectiveness of the theory used.

Compare and contrast your response with your peers’ response about the benefit of utilizing theory to advance nursing education.

Expand upon how the key concepts of adult learning theory presented by your peers’ can be applied to the educational environment.

Present new references that support your opinions.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

NU500 Theoretical Foundations for Nursing

Unit 6 Discussion

DQ1 Nursing Theory, Research, and Practice

Complete a library search for a nursing research article from a peer-reviewed nursing journal that uses a grand or middle-range nursing theory as the theoretical framework for a research study in the practice setting.

Present the article and describe how the nursing theory was used to guide the research study.

Discuss how application of theoretical frameworks and models can strengthen nursing research studies and promote theory-based practice within the nursing profession.

Be sure to supplement your discussion with personal and professional experiences.

Attach the article to your initial discussion post.

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis and include peer-reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Discussion Peer/Participation Prompt [Due Sunday]

Please respond to at least 2 of your peer’s posts. To ensure that your responses are substantive, use at least three of these prompts:

Comment of your classmate’s selection of the peer-reviewed article and the effectiveness of the theoretical framework used.

Compare your response with your classmate’s response about how the application of theory and models can strengthen research and promote theory-based practice within the nursing profession.

Present new references that support your opinions.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

DQ2 Implementing Chaos and Change Theory

According to Chaos Theory, a very small change can later make a big difference in an organization, both positive and negative. According to Lewin’s Planned Change Theory, when the three phases of Lewin’s process for change are used correctly, effective change is implemented. Kotter expanded upon Lewin’s theory to devise an 8-step model for implementing change.

Describe a problem situation at your institution where a very small change later made a negative impact and how understanding Chaos Theory could have benefited your organization?

Choose Lewin’s Planned Change Theory or Kotter’s 8-Stage Planned Change Model and briefly describe how you would implement each step for planned change to better address the problem situation you described above.

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis and include peer-reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Peer Responses

Please respond to at least 2 of your peer’s posts.

Compare your peers’ responses about implementing change to yours; how are they different, how are they the same?

Respond to their ideas for addressing the problem situation to expand the conversation and give additional perspective on chaos or change theory for their situation.

Ask for clarification if needed.

Present new references that support your opinions.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

NU500 Theoretical Foundations for Nursing

Unit 7 Discussion

Theory, Professionalism, and Empowerment

Please read the following introduction and complete the following steps for your initial discussion post:

Describe how nursing knowledge and theory development defines the profession of nursing.

How can application of nursing theory benefit you personally and empower/advance the nursing profession as a whole? How has your answer changed from your Unit 1 discussion board post?

Which nursing theory do you feel will have the greatest impact on your professional practice and why?

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis and include peer-reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets the criteria.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Discussion Peer/Participation Prompt [Due Sunday]

Please respond to at least 2 of your peer’s posts. To ensure that your responses are substantive, use at least three of these prompts:

Compare and contrast your response with your classmate’s response regarding how nursing theory empowers the nursing profession.

Comment on your classmate’s selection of the theory having the most impact on their practice to expand the conversation.

Present new references that support your opinions.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

NU500 Theoretical Foundations for Nursing

Unit 8 Discussion

Reflection

Please respond to the following questions based upon these course objectives:

Analyze selected nursing theories using established guidelines.

Research the use of theory to generate scientific knowledge as it relates to creating a road map for professional advancement in nursing.

Demonstrate critical thinking and creativity in the application of theoretical frameworks and models to the advancement of the nursing profession.

Implements chaos and change theory.

Critique holistic nursing concepts, models, and theories that relate to nursing practice, education, management, and research.

Please answer the following questions with supporting examples and full explanations.

For each of the learning objectives, provide an analysis of how the course supported each objective.

Explain how the material learned in this course, based upon the objectives, will be applicable to professional application.