• Wk 1 Discussion: Research in Health Care [due Thurs] Ch. 17: Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research Wk 1 Worksheet: Research Process   Discussion Topic   Imagine you are the clinical manager of an outpatient health care unit interested in investigating patient perspectives on the quality of services received.   Watch “Questions to Ask Before and After…

  • Week 8 Reflection on Learning   Assignment Write 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on the relationship between theory and practice. Then save the reflection as a Word Document for submission.   Reflection topic for week 8: Consider your current future professional practice. What might be an area for theory development? How can you engage with theory moving…

  • Week 7 Theoretical Framework to Support Evidence-based Practice: PowerPoint Presentation Requirements   In Week 7, students will create a PowerPoint slide show with notes pages to evaluate the use of a theory for an EBP issue or concern. In Week 8, students will create a recording of the presentation for the Peer Discussion thread.   …

  •   Requirements: Description of the Assignment An annotated bibliography is an alphabetical list of information sources (such as journal articles), formatted like a bibliography or a reference list, accompanied by a commentary, or annotation, for each source. The purpose of an annotated bibliography is to learn about a topic through a critical review of literature…

  • Which of the culture and caring theories most resonates with you for your practice as an NP? How does the theory integrate the nursing paradigm?  What parts of the theory do you identify with? How does the theory help to meet CLAS standards to advance health equity?    I am going to be a Mental…

  • NR501NP-60471 Week 5   Reflection on Learning Submission   Assignment Write 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on theories used as a nurse practitioner. Then save the reflection as a Word Document for submission to this assignment.   In week 8, you will submit all reflections as a single document.   This reflection is worth 5 points and…

  • Identify your specialty area of NP practice. Mine is Mental Health.  Select a nursing theory, borrowed theory, or interdisciplinary theory provided in the lesson plan or one of your own findings. Address the following:   Origin Meaning and scope Logical adequacy Usefulness and simplicity Generalizability Testability Finally, provide an example of how the theory could…

  • This assignment presents a modified method for conducting a concept analysis of one concept that is important and useful to the nurse practitioner role.  The concept for this assignment must be supported by a published nursing theory. The selected concept is identified and then the elements of the analysis process are applied in order to synthesize knowledge for application…

  • Nursing knowledge is classified in a variety of ways, one of which is Carper’s Patterns of Knowing (Carper, 1978). Carper’s framework offers a lens through which the nurse can reflect upon insights acquired through empirical, ethical, personal, and aesthetic knowledge (Carper, 1978). Through intentional reflection using Carper’s Patterns of Knowing, nurses can process experiential learning…

  • Preparing the Assignment For many students enrolled in NR501, this is an initial course for nursing theory. So, let’s have a debate. Is nursing theory important to the nursing profession? In particular, is it important for nurse practitioners? Does theory inform nurse practitioner practice? If you believe that it is important, explain why it is useful. If you do not believe that it…