Sunday 16 February 2014

NURSING THEORY: BENNER'S THEORY (NOVICE TO EXPERT) // NURSING LEADERSHIP

Purpose: MY CHOICE OF NURSING THEORY IS BENNER'S THEORY (NOVICE TO EXPERT) // NURSING LEADERSHIP

The purpose of this assignment is to synthesize one strategy for the application of a specific nursing theory to resolving a problem issue of nursing practice in nursing leadership.

CONTENT OF PAPER:

1) Introduction to the paper includes a few general statements on the idea of nursing theory being applied to solve problems/issues in nursing practice, regardless of the specialty area of practice. For example, why would one pick a nursing theory to solve a practice problem? Would a grand, middle-range, or practice theory be best? Does the writer have any experience in using nursing theory in this way? In addition, a brief one paragraph summary of a specific nursing theory and information on sections of the paper are provided. The selected nursing theory can be a grand theory, a middle-range theory, or a practice theory.

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2) Description of the problem/issue for which strategies will be developed. The problem to be resolved must be in nursing leadership. Scholarly evidence (in the form of a literature review) supporting the issue s included. The problem/issue could be a local to one's specific practice setting. For example, the setting might be a nursing unit. The problem/issues needs to be something that a nursing theory can impact, whether it solves the actual problem/issue to deal with it. It is best if the problem/issue is from real-life something the writer of the paper has dealt with or is currently engaged in.

*****A good problem/issue would be nurse-to-patient ratio in an acute-care nursing setting and it's impact on nursing leadership.

3) Concluding statements include new knowledge about applying nursing theory gained by writing the paper.

FORMAT AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

1) Paper length: 6 PAGES MINIMUM, 8 PAGES MAXIMUM, excluding title page and reference page. Points will be deducted for not meeting these requirements.

2) A minimum of 4-6 SCHOLARY REFERENCES are used. References must be current---NO OLDER THAN 5 YEARS.

3) Title page, body of paper, and reference pages must be in the APA format as presented in the 6th edition of the manual.

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4) Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and citations are consistent with formal academic writings as presented in the 6th edition of APA manual.

GRADING RUBRIC

1) INTRODUCTION to the paper includes all of the following:

a) General statements on the idea of nursing theory being applied to solve problems/issues in nursing practice,
regardless of the specialty area of practice.
b) A brief one-paragraph summary of a specific nursing theory.
c) Information on the sections of the paper.

2) PROBLEM/ISSUE:

a) The problem/issue is substantively discussed.
b) The problem is clearly in nursing leadership.

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3) STRATEGY:

All of the following are present
a) One strategy for resolving the identified issue is discussed substantively
b) Concepts and principles from the selected nursing theory are clearly applied.
c) Rationales for the strategy are evident.
d) Evidence from the scholarly literature supports the discussion.
e) At-least one ethical and/or legal aspect of the strategy is discussed.

4) CONCLUSION:

a) Concluding paragraph(s) clearly show new knowledge about applying nursing theory gained from writing this
paper.

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