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NR 501 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT 1 IMPORTANCEOF THEORY
NR501: THEORETICALBASIS FOR ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE
NR501 Importanceof Theory:Guidelines with Scoring Rubric
PURPOSE
The purposeof this assignment is to a) identify a nursing theory, b) analyze theimportance of the selected theory to thenursing
profession, c) summarize key concepts and relationships among theconcepts of the selected nursing theory, d) present views of
the selected theory on areas of specialization, and e) communicate ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner.
COURSE OUTCOMES
Through this assignment, thestudent will demonstratethe ability to:
• (CO#1) Analyzetheories from nursing and relevant fields with respect to their components, relationships among the
components, logic of the propositions, comprehensiveness, and utility to advanced nursing. (PO1)
• (CO#3) Communicate the analysis of and proposed strategies for the use of a theory in nursing practice. (PO3, 7, 10)
• (CO#4) Demonstratelogical and creative thinking in theanalysis and application of a theory to nursing practice. (PO4, 7)
DUE DATE
REQUIREMENTS
Description of the Assignment
This assignment focuses on the importance of nursing theory within the profession. Selecting one nursing theory (non-nursing
theories are not allowed), the nursing theory will be presented by identifying the key concepts present within the theory. The
selected nursing theory will then be applied to ONEof the following professionalnursing practice areas:
• Education (e.g. undergraduate, staff development, etc.)
• Leadership (e.g. nurse executive, manager, leader, etc.)
• Informatics (e.g. data management, etc.)
• Healthcare policy (e.g. application to local, state, national, or global healthcare concerns, etc.)
• Nurse practitioner
Criteria for Content
1. Introduction:
The introduction requires the following information.
• Statements about nursing theory in general
• Identification of the ONEnursing theory (non-nursing theories are not allowed) selected by thestudent to be used within this
assignment. The specific selected nursing theory may be from any of the three categories of nursing theory (i.e. grand, middle-
range, or practice), but must be a specific nursing theory (i.e. Orem, Roy, Benner, etc.); a category may not be used.
• Identification of the sections of the paper.
• References from nursing literature are required.
2. Importance of Nursing Theory:
This section requires the following information.
• Present an analysis of theimportance of nursing theory, in general, to the nursing profession. Each of thefollowing questions
are to be answered.
o Why should the study of nursing theory be included in a master’s program?
o How is nursing theory useful to thenursing profession?
o How can nursing theory be used to separate thenursing profession from other healthcare professions?
o What would be ONE concern regarding the use of nursing theory within the profession?
• References from nursing literature are required.
3. Summary of Selected Nursing Theory:
This section requires the following information.
• Present thename and author of the selected nursing theory (bibliographic and historical information about thetheory or theorist
is NOT included). Identify when the nursing theory was initially published and the latest edition of theselected nursing theory.
• Provide a summary of thekey concepts contained within the selected nursing theory.
• Provide a detailed description of how this nursing theory addresses each of the metaparadigms/ concepts (person, health,
environment, and nursing profession) associated with nursing.
• Identify why this nursing theory selected and its potentialuse within the student’s selected Master’s track (i.e. education,
leadership, informatics, healthcare policy, or nurse practitioner)
• References from nursing literature are required.
4. Application of Specific Nursing Theory to Selected Professional Nursing Practice area:
This section includes the following elements:
• Present a discussion of how theselected nursing theory defines and explains one of the following professional nursing practice
areas:
o Education (e.g. undergraduate, staff development, etc.)
o Leadership (e.g. nurse executive, manager, leader, etc.)
o Informatics (e.g. data management, etc.)
o Healthcare policy (e.g. application to local, state, national, or global healthcare concerns, etc.)
o Nurse practitioner
• Present 2 (two) examples illustrating the above information. Professional examples come from a student’s own practice
experiences or from the scholarly literature. If the example is from thestudent’s experience, identify this as the source by using
the first person in describing the example.
• Keep each example succinct (about 1 – 3 paragraphs).
• References from nursing literature are required.
5. Conclusion:
This section includes the following elements:
• Summarizes presented information regarding theory in general and its use within the nursing profession
• Summarizes theselected nursing theory.
• Presents self-reflection regarding what was learned from writing this assignment.
Criteria for Format and Special Instructions
1. A nursing theory was used.
2. This assignment must be submitted to TurnItIn™, as required by the TurnItIn™ policy. A Similarity Index of “blue” or
“green” must be obtained. A score in theblue or green range indicates a similarity of less than 24% which is the benchmark for
CCN graduate nursing students. Any other level of similarity index level requires thestudent to revise the assignment before the
due date and time. To allow sufficient time for revision, early submission of the assignment to TurnItIn™ is highly encouraged.
The final submission will be graded by faculty. If a Turnitin™ report indicates that plagiarism has occurred, the Academic
Integrity policy will be followed.
3. A minimum of 4 (four) scholarly references must be used. A dictionary, required textbooks for this course, and Chamberlain
College of Nursing lesson information may NOT be used as scholarly references for this assignment. References are current –
within a 5-year time frame unless a valid rationale is provided and the instructor has approved them. For additional information
regarding scholarly resources, please see “What is a scholarly source?” located in the Course Resource tab. Information from
.com websites may be incorrect.
4. Title page, running head, body of paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the 6th edition of the
manual. This includes theuse of headings for each section of the paper except for theintroduction where no heading is used.
5. The paper (excluding thetitle page and reference page) should be at least 5, but no more than 7 pages. Points will be lost for
not meeting these length requirements.
6. Ideas and information that come from scholarly sources must be cited and referenced correctly.
7. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal, scientific writing.
8. PLEASE note: Do not rely on .com sites to identify the nursing theory as they do not provideaccurate information in all cases.
PREPARING THEASSIGNMENT
Criteria for Format and Special Instructions
9. This assignment must be submitted to TurnItIn™, as required by the TurnItIn™ policy. A Similarity Index of “blue” or
“green” must be obtained. A score in theblue or green range indicates a similarity of less than 24% which is the benchmark for
CCN graduate nursing students. Any other level of similarity index level requires thestudent to revise the assignment before the
due date and time. To allow sufficient time for revision, early submission of the assignment to TurnItIn™ is highly encouraged.
The final submission will be graded by faculty. If a Turnitin™ report indicates that plagiarism has occurred, the Academic
Integrity policy will be followed.
10. A minimum of 4 (four) scholarly references must be used. A dictionary, required textbooks for this course, and Chamberlain
College of Nursing lesson information may NOT be used as scholarly references for this assignment. References are current –
within a 5-year time frame unless a valid rationale is provided and the instructor has approved them.
11. Title page, running head, body of paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the 6th edition of the
manual. This includes theuse of headings for each section of the paper except for theintroduction where no heading is used.
12. The paper (excluding thetitle page and reference page) should be at least 5, but no more than 7 pages. Points will be lost for
not meeting these length requirements.
13. Ideas and information that come from scholarly sources must be cited and referenced correctly.
14. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal, scientific writing.
15. PLEASE note: Do not rely on .com sites to identify the nursing theory as they do not provideaccurate information in all
cases.
DIRECTIONSAND ASSIGNMENT CRITERIA
Assignment Criteria Points % Description
Introduction 6 6 This section includes:
• Statements about nursing theory in general
• Identification of the ONEnursing theory (non-nursing theories are not allowed) selected by thestudent to be used within this
assignment. The specific selected nursing theory may be from any of the three categories of nursing theory (i.e. grand, middle-
range, or practice), but must be a specific nursing theory (i.e. Orem, Roy, Benner, etc.); a category may not be used.
• Identification of the sections of the paper.
• References from nursing literature are required.
Importance of Nursing Theory 20 20 This section requires the following information.
• Present an analysis of theimportance of nursing theory, in general, to the nursing profession. Each of thefollowing questions
are to be answered.
o Why should the study of nursing theory be included in a master’s program?
o How is nursing theory useful to thenursing profession?
o How can nursing theory be used to separate thenursing profession from other healthcare professions?
o What would be ONE concern regarding the use of nursing theory within the profession?
• References from nursing literature are required.
Summary of Selected Nursing Theory 20 20 This section requires thefollowing information.
• Present thename and author of the selected nursing theory (bibliographic and historical information about the theory or theorist
is NOT included). Identify when the nursing theory was initially published and the latest edition of theselected nursing theory.
• Provide a summary of thekey concepts contained within the selected nursing theory.
• A description of how this theory addresses each of the metaparadigms/concepts(person, health, environment, and nursing
profession) associated with nursing.
• Identify why this nursing theory selected and its potentialuse within the student’s selected Master’s track (i.e. education,
leadership, informatics, healthcare policy, or nurse practitioner)
• References from nursing literature are required.
Application of Specific Nursing Theory to Selected Professional Nursing Practice area
25 25 This section includes the following elements:
• Present a discussion of how theselected nursing theory defines and explains one of the following professional nursing practice
areas:
o Education (e.g. undergraduate, staff development, etc.)
o Leadership (e.g. nurse executive, manager, leader, etc.)
o Informatics (e.g. data management, etc.)
o Healthcare policy (e.g. application to local, state, national, or global healthcare concerns, etc.)
o Nurse practitioner
• Present 2 (two) examples illustrating the above information. Professional examples may come from a student’s own practice
experiences or from the scholarly literature. Keep each example succinct (about 1 – 3 paragraphs).If theexample is from the
student’s experience, identify this as the source by using the first person in describing the example.
• References from nursing literature are required.
Conclusion 6 6 This section includes the following elements:
• Summarizes presented information regarding theory in general and its use within the nursing profession
• Summarizesthe selected nursing theory.
• Presents self-reflectionregarding what was learned from writing this assignment.
Paper Specifications 5 5 • A nursing theory was used.
• A Similarity Index of “blue” or “green” was achieved.
• A minimum of 4 (four) scholarly nursing references were used.
• A dictionary, required textbooks for this course and lesson information were not used as scholarly references.
• The paper (excluding the titlepage and reference page) was at least 5 pages, but no more than 7 pages.
• References are current – within a 5-year time frame unless a valid rationale is provided and theinstructor has approved them.
APA Format 8 8 Titlepage, running head, body of paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the6th
edition of the manual. This includes theuse of headings for each section or topicof the paper [one deduction for each typeof
APA styleerror].
Citations in Text 5 5 Ideas, and information that come from readings must be cited and referenced correctly. Permission to use
references older than 5 years must be obtained from faculty.
Writing Mechanics 5 5 Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal written
work as found in the 6th edition of the APA manual.
Total100 100 A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of theabove requirements.
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Nr 501 week 2 assignment 1 importance of theory

  • 1. NR 501 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT 1 IMPORTANCE OF THEORY Click Link Below To Buy: https://hwaid.com/shop/nr-501-week-2-assignment-1-importance-of-theory/ Contact Us: hwaidservices@gmail.com NR 501 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT 1 IMPORTANCEOF THEORY NR501: THEORETICALBASIS FOR ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE NR501 Importanceof Theory:Guidelines with Scoring Rubric PURPOSE The purposeof this assignment is to a) identify a nursing theory, b) analyze theimportance of the selected theory to thenursing profession, c) summarize key concepts and relationships among theconcepts of the selected nursing theory, d) present views of the selected theory on areas of specialization, and e) communicate ideas in a clear, succinct, and scholarly manner. COURSE OUTCOMES Through this assignment, thestudent will demonstratethe ability to: • (CO#1) Analyzetheories from nursing and relevant fields with respect to their components, relationships among the components, logic of the propositions, comprehensiveness, and utility to advanced nursing. (PO1) • (CO#3) Communicate the analysis of and proposed strategies for the use of a theory in nursing practice. (PO3, 7, 10) • (CO#4) Demonstratelogical and creative thinking in theanalysis and application of a theory to nursing practice. (PO4, 7) DUE DATE REQUIREMENTS Description of the Assignment This assignment focuses on the importance of nursing theory within the profession. Selecting one nursing theory (non-nursing theories are not allowed), the nursing theory will be presented by identifying the key concepts present within the theory. The selected nursing theory will then be applied to ONEof the following professionalnursing practice areas: • Education (e.g. undergraduate, staff development, etc.) • Leadership (e.g. nurse executive, manager, leader, etc.) • Informatics (e.g. data management, etc.) • Healthcare policy (e.g. application to local, state, national, or global healthcare concerns, etc.) • Nurse practitioner Criteria for Content
  • 2. 1. Introduction: The introduction requires the following information. • Statements about nursing theory in general • Identification of the ONEnursing theory (non-nursing theories are not allowed) selected by thestudent to be used within this assignment. The specific selected nursing theory may be from any of the three categories of nursing theory (i.e. grand, middle- range, or practice), but must be a specific nursing theory (i.e. Orem, Roy, Benner, etc.); a category may not be used. • Identification of the sections of the paper. • References from nursing literature are required. 2. Importance of Nursing Theory: This section requires the following information. • Present an analysis of theimportance of nursing theory, in general, to the nursing profession. Each of thefollowing questions are to be answered. o Why should the study of nursing theory be included in a master’s program? o How is nursing theory useful to thenursing profession? o How can nursing theory be used to separate thenursing profession from other healthcare professions? o What would be ONE concern regarding the use of nursing theory within the profession? • References from nursing literature are required. 3. Summary of Selected Nursing Theory: This section requires the following information. • Present thename and author of the selected nursing theory (bibliographic and historical information about thetheory or theorist is NOT included). Identify when the nursing theory was initially published and the latest edition of theselected nursing theory. • Provide a summary of thekey concepts contained within the selected nursing theory. • Provide a detailed description of how this nursing theory addresses each of the metaparadigms/ concepts (person, health, environment, and nursing profession) associated with nursing. • Identify why this nursing theory selected and its potentialuse within the student’s selected Master’s track (i.e. education, leadership, informatics, healthcare policy, or nurse practitioner) • References from nursing literature are required. 4. Application of Specific Nursing Theory to Selected Professional Nursing Practice area: This section includes the following elements: • Present a discussion of how theselected nursing theory defines and explains one of the following professional nursing practice areas: o Education (e.g. undergraduate, staff development, etc.) o Leadership (e.g. nurse executive, manager, leader, etc.) o Informatics (e.g. data management, etc.) o Healthcare policy (e.g. application to local, state, national, or global healthcare concerns, etc.) o Nurse practitioner • Present 2 (two) examples illustrating the above information. Professional examples come from a student’s own practice experiences or from the scholarly literature. If the example is from thestudent’s experience, identify this as the source by using the first person in describing the example. • Keep each example succinct (about 1 – 3 paragraphs). • References from nursing literature are required. 5. Conclusion: This section includes the following elements: • Summarizes presented information regarding theory in general and its use within the nursing profession • Summarizes theselected nursing theory. • Presents self-reflection regarding what was learned from writing this assignment. Criteria for Format and Special Instructions 1. A nursing theory was used. 2. This assignment must be submitted to TurnItIn™, as required by the TurnItIn™ policy. A Similarity Index of “blue” or “green” must be obtained. A score in theblue or green range indicates a similarity of less than 24% which is the benchmark for CCN graduate nursing students. Any other level of similarity index level requires thestudent to revise the assignment before the due date and time. To allow sufficient time for revision, early submission of the assignment to TurnItIn™ is highly encouraged.
  • 3. The final submission will be graded by faculty. If a Turnitin™ report indicates that plagiarism has occurred, the Academic Integrity policy will be followed. 3. A minimum of 4 (four) scholarly references must be used. A dictionary, required textbooks for this course, and Chamberlain College of Nursing lesson information may NOT be used as scholarly references for this assignment. References are current – within a 5-year time frame unless a valid rationale is provided and the instructor has approved them. For additional information regarding scholarly resources, please see “What is a scholarly source?” located in the Course Resource tab. Information from .com websites may be incorrect. 4. Title page, running head, body of paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the 6th edition of the manual. This includes theuse of headings for each section of the paper except for theintroduction where no heading is used. 5. The paper (excluding thetitle page and reference page) should be at least 5, but no more than 7 pages. Points will be lost for not meeting these length requirements. 6. Ideas and information that come from scholarly sources must be cited and referenced correctly. 7. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal, scientific writing. 8. PLEASE note: Do not rely on .com sites to identify the nursing theory as they do not provideaccurate information in all cases. PREPARING THEASSIGNMENT Criteria for Format and Special Instructions 9. This assignment must be submitted to TurnItIn™, as required by the TurnItIn™ policy. A Similarity Index of “blue” or “green” must be obtained. A score in theblue or green range indicates a similarity of less than 24% which is the benchmark for CCN graduate nursing students. Any other level of similarity index level requires thestudent to revise the assignment before the due date and time. To allow sufficient time for revision, early submission of the assignment to TurnItIn™ is highly encouraged. The final submission will be graded by faculty. If a Turnitin™ report indicates that plagiarism has occurred, the Academic Integrity policy will be followed. 10. A minimum of 4 (four) scholarly references must be used. A dictionary, required textbooks for this course, and Chamberlain College of Nursing lesson information may NOT be used as scholarly references for this assignment. References are current – within a 5-year time frame unless a valid rationale is provided and the instructor has approved them. 11. Title page, running head, body of paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the 6th edition of the manual. This includes theuse of headings for each section of the paper except for theintroduction where no heading is used. 12. The paper (excluding thetitle page and reference page) should be at least 5, but no more than 7 pages. Points will be lost for not meeting these length requirements. 13. Ideas and information that come from scholarly sources must be cited and referenced correctly. 14. Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal, scientific writing. 15. PLEASE note: Do not rely on .com sites to identify the nursing theory as they do not provideaccurate information in all cases. DIRECTIONSAND ASSIGNMENT CRITERIA Assignment Criteria Points % Description Introduction 6 6 This section includes: • Statements about nursing theory in general • Identification of the ONEnursing theory (non-nursing theories are not allowed) selected by thestudent to be used within this assignment. The specific selected nursing theory may be from any of the three categories of nursing theory (i.e. grand, middle- range, or practice), but must be a specific nursing theory (i.e. Orem, Roy, Benner, etc.); a category may not be used. • Identification of the sections of the paper. • References from nursing literature are required. Importance of Nursing Theory 20 20 This section requires the following information. • Present an analysis of theimportance of nursing theory, in general, to the nursing profession. Each of thefollowing questions are to be answered. o Why should the study of nursing theory be included in a master’s program? o How is nursing theory useful to thenursing profession? o How can nursing theory be used to separate thenursing profession from other healthcare professions? o What would be ONE concern regarding the use of nursing theory within the profession? • References from nursing literature are required. Summary of Selected Nursing Theory 20 20 This section requires thefollowing information. • Present thename and author of the selected nursing theory (bibliographic and historical information about the theory or theorist is NOT included). Identify when the nursing theory was initially published and the latest edition of theselected nursing theory. • Provide a summary of thekey concepts contained within the selected nursing theory. • A description of how this theory addresses each of the metaparadigms/concepts(person, health, environment, and nursing profession) associated with nursing. • Identify why this nursing theory selected and its potentialuse within the student’s selected Master’s track (i.e. education, leadership, informatics, healthcare policy, or nurse practitioner)
  • 4. • References from nursing literature are required. Application of Specific Nursing Theory to Selected Professional Nursing Practice area 25 25 This section includes the following elements: • Present a discussion of how theselected nursing theory defines and explains one of the following professional nursing practice areas: o Education (e.g. undergraduate, staff development, etc.) o Leadership (e.g. nurse executive, manager, leader, etc.) o Informatics (e.g. data management, etc.) o Healthcare policy (e.g. application to local, state, national, or global healthcare concerns, etc.) o Nurse practitioner • Present 2 (two) examples illustrating the above information. Professional examples may come from a student’s own practice experiences or from the scholarly literature. Keep each example succinct (about 1 – 3 paragraphs).If theexample is from the student’s experience, identify this as the source by using the first person in describing the example. • References from nursing literature are required. Conclusion 6 6 This section includes the following elements: • Summarizes presented information regarding theory in general and its use within the nursing profession • Summarizesthe selected nursing theory. • Presents self-reflectionregarding what was learned from writing this assignment. Paper Specifications 5 5 • A nursing theory was used. • A Similarity Index of “blue” or “green” was achieved. • A minimum of 4 (four) scholarly nursing references were used. • A dictionary, required textbooks for this course and lesson information were not used as scholarly references. • The paper (excluding the titlepage and reference page) was at least 5 pages, but no more than 7 pages. • References are current – within a 5-year time frame unless a valid rationale is provided and theinstructor has approved them. APA Format 8 8 Titlepage, running head, body of paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the6th edition of the manual. This includes theuse of headings for each section or topicof the paper [one deduction for each typeof APA styleerror]. Citations in Text 5 5 Ideas, and information that come from readings must be cited and referenced correctly. Permission to use references older than 5 years must be obtained from faculty. Writing Mechanics 5 5 Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal written work as found in the 6th edition of the APA manual. Total100 100 A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of theabove requirements. Related