You will be asked to choose a theory from the list below. Please choose your theory from the list below and submit this week 5 in BB. You need to  respond to my forum by just typing your name and choice in the subject line. Review what your peers have already submitted. It will be two persons per theory. If you wish to choose another theory and it is a nursing theory, IT MUST be a middle range theory. If you choose a theory that is not in the list, please ensure if it is a nursing theory that it is a middle range theory. You need to email me about your choice in this case.I suggest you do some research on the theory first before choosing. PLEASE DO NOT CHOOSE  THE FOLLOWING: 

Ruland & Moore’s Theory of the Peaceful End of Life

Kolbacha’s comfort theory

Any culture theory

Please make sure that it is approved by your instructor. 

You can choose from the following

Gate control theory (pain management)

Malcolm Knowles – Andragogy

Lenz et al. Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms

Pamela Reed’s Self-Transcendence Theory

Eakes, Burke, and Hainsworth’s theory of Chronic Sorrow

Ramona Mercer’s Maternal Role Attainment/Becoming a Mother

Donabedian’s Structure-Process-Outcome (SPO) Framework

Corbin & Strauss: Chronic Illness Trajectory

Carl Rodgers’ Person Centered Theory

Barker’s Tidal Model  (see p. 231 Table 11-1)

Mishel’s Uncertainty in Illness Theory

Meleis’ Theory of Transitions

Lazarus & Folkman’s  Stress, Appraisal and Coping

Erickson, Tomlin, and Swain’s Modeling and Role-Modeling

Janice Morse’s Toward a Praxis of Suffering

Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory

Dobratz’s Theory of Psychological Adaptation in Death and Dying

 

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Discuss  and provide 2 specific ways Early Conceptualization About Nursing Theory can be applied to advanced practice nursing. Identify one MSN Essential that most relates to this particular topic.

*Under the Class Resources tab, students will find the MSN Essentials which help to guide and shape graduate nursing education. Select 1 of these essentials that most closely reflect the concepts of this theory.**

Please make sure that your submission adheres to the following:

1.Students are to write their name and the appropriate discussion number/discussion title in the title bar for each discussion. For example Discussion 1: Micheal Cabrera or Discussion 3: Sheila Smith. This is important in identifying that students are submitting original posts as well as response posts as required.

2.Students must submit their discussions directly onto Blackboard Discussion Board. Attachments submitted as discussion board posts will not be graded.

3. All discussion posts must be minimum 250 words, references must be cited in APA format, and must include minimum of 2 scholarly resources published within the past 5-7 years.  Please be sure to cite your reference(s) in APA format, at the end of your posting. Students must respond at least to 2 classmates and response posts must be minimum 100 words.

 

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Assignment:

Case Study: 

Mrs. Adams, a 68-year-old widow who was referred to case management upon discharge from the hospital based on her physician’s recommendation that she is not able to care for herself independently. Her diagnosis is diabetes, hypertension, and breast cancer. She is 5 days’ post-op from a right sided mastectomy. Mrs. Adams apartment is located in a low income area of the city where crime is prevalent. Upon assessment by the Community Health Nurse, Mrs. Adams apartment was in disorder with minimal airflow or light. Her cloths appeared unchanged and she had no food in the apartment. The small apartment also housed 3 cats and a small dog who Mrs. Adams considers family since the death of her husband 1 year ago. Mrs. Adams complains of pain and draining from her surgical site and a broken air conditioner. 

·  Using Nightingales Environmental Theory, what actions would the nurse take upon the first assessment? What are the five essential components? 

·  What would be an appropriate plan of care be for Mrs. Adams? How would you prioritize the care plan? 

·  Apply Nightingale’s Environmental Theory to an area of your nursing practice? What patient population would benefit from this approach? Support this practice change with at least one evidenced-based article.

The assignment should be completed in APA format, as an essay of between 1000 and 1500 words. The paper should include at least 3 outside references and the textbook. The paper should be in APA format with a title page, level headings, and reference page.

Required Textbook:

·  Smith, M. C., &  Parker, M. E. (2015). Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice (4th ed.).  Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis. ISBN  978-0-8036-3312-4

 

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Borderline Case: Ethics of Patient Care

For this discussion, you will be applying defining attributes to an actual patient case. Please listen to the NPR podcast, “If You Have Dementia, Can You Hasten Death As You Wished?” Additionally, review Wilkinson’s defining attributes (found in the Wilkinson (1997) reading in the Learning Materials section). See attachments.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/02/10/382725729/if-you-have-dementia-can-you-hasten-death-as-you-wished

Please respond to the following prompts:

1. Review Wilkinson’s (1997) defining attributes and describe how the NPR podcast, “If You Have Dementia, Can you Hasten Death As You Wished?” case story meets the definition of a borderline case.

2. Describe the ethical issues the case raises. 

3. If it were changed to meet criteria for a model case, what ethical issues would come to the forefront?

Your post should contain two to three (2–3) paragraphs with three to four (3–4) sentences per paragraph. The post should integrate a minimum of three readings and/or other evidence-based research articles no more than three years old and use APA formatting for citations and references.

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