Unit 1
discussion
DQ1 Introductions and Theoretical Knowledge
Please complete the following steps for your first
discussion post and response.
As a way of introducing yourselves to the instructor and
your peers, please post the following:
Your name and a description of your current job (If not
currently employed, what are your employment expectations when you complete
your program). (State what track you
are in, RN-BSN, NE, NL, FNP)
How do you see yourself applying knowledge from this course?
Post a photo of yourself (self-portrait, family, or other
picture that includes you). If the photo is not a self-portrait, describe where
you are in the picture. (Feel free to
share about your family and hobbies)
In addition,
Theoretical Knowledge
Please read the following introduction and complete the
following steps for your initial discussion post:
Nursing researchers have argued that nurses are taught to
value clinical skills over theoretical knowledge. With the focus on medical
interventions, laboratory values, and nursing diagnoses, theory is often
under-represented. This can cause nurses to react to nursing theory as having
little or nothing to do with the profession of nursing.
As you begin your graduate level nursing career, consider
the following:
Do you agree with this assessment?
Based on your prior experiences, how much has theory been
integrated into your nursing education?
In your opinion, how might a greater theoretical awareness
benefit your education at the graduate level?
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
Unit 1 Discussion 1 Peer Response due Sunday
Introductions
Please respond to a minimum of two peers. Include in your
response:
A commonality between yourself and your peer, or something
about them that you find interesting.
In addition, post a response to
Theoretical Knowledge:
Please respond to at least 2 of your peer?s posts. To ensure that your responses are
substantive, use at least two of these prompts:
Compare your response to the responses of your peers. How do your posts differ; how are they the
same?
Discuss how your past educational experiences related to
theory differed, if at all.
Contrast their opinions with your own.
Present new references that support your opinions.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with
citations and references in APA format.
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour
DQ2 Nursing Theory and Practice
Please read the following introduction and complete the
following steps for your initial discussion post:
Nursing theory is a framework designed to organize knowledge
and explain phenomena in nursing at a more specific and concrete level. Nursing
theory gives terms to provide the body of knowledge that is used to support
nursing practice. Nursing theory is a set of concepts, definitions,
relationships and assumptions or propositions derived from nursing models or
from other disciplines and project a purposive systematic view of phenomena by
designing specific inter-relationships among concepts for the purposes of
describing, explaining, predicting and prescribing (Lee, 2014).
Discuss the value of theory to the profession of nursing
(Nursing Practice, Nursing Education, Nursing Research, or Nursing Management).
Identify one way in which you could use theory to improve
your practice in your present or future role.
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
References:
Lee, S. (2014). Overview of Nursing Theories. Seoul National
University, 12, 58-67. Retrieved from
http://www.oita-nhs.ac.jp/journal/PDF/12_2/12_2_3.pdf
Unit 1 Discussion 2 Peer Response 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 peers? responses about the value of nursing
theory to yours; how are they different, how are they the same?
Respond to their ideas on how to use nursing theory in their
practice:
Do you have similar ideas?
Do you agree with their suggestions on how theory can
improve their practice?
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.
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour
Unit 2
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, and
practice) and type or purpose of the theory (descriptive, explanatory,
predictive, and prescriptive).
For this week?s discussion post, address the following:
Identify one theory that relate to your area of practice.
Discuss the type of the selected theory according to scope
and purpose.
Provide an example of how the selected theory can be applied
to your area of practice. The example
should include core elements 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.
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
Unit 2 Discussion 1 Peer Response 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:
Do you agree with your peers? choice of abstract theory; if
it is different from yours, discuss the differences.
Do you agree with your peers? choice of specific theory; if
it is different from yours, discuss the differences.
Share your thoughts on how they would apply their chosen
theories.
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
interpretations of the selected nursing metaparadigm.
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
Unit 2 Discussion 2 Peer Response 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.
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour
Unit 3
Discussion
Patterns of Knowing
Please read the following introduction and complete the
following steps for your initial discussion post: ( Please post your initial
discussion post as a Reply to this thread.
Please Do Not start a new thread.)
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.
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
References:
Chin, P. & Kramer, M. (2018). Knowledge development in
nursing: Theory and process (10th ed.), St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
Unit 3 Discussion 1 Peer Response 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 if
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.
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour
Unit 4
Discussion
Theory and Leadership
Please complete the following steps for your initial
discussion post:
Complete a library search for a peer-reviewed journal
article that integrates a specific nursing theory and nursing leadership.
Present the article and discuss the nursing theory used, the
benefits of nursing theory in leadership and any weaknesses you identify in the
article.
Responses should be at least 500 words, integrate key
concepts from the weekly readings and include specific examples of how the
concepts can be applied to your work environment.
Attach a copy of the article, or e-mail your article to the
instructor for posting.
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.
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
Unit 4 Discussion 1 Peer Response 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.
Compare your response with your peers? response about the
relationship between theory and 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.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
Unit 5
Discussion
Theory and Education
Please review the McEwen and Wills (2019) chapter 18 &
22: Theoretical Issues in Nursing
Curricula and Nursing Instruction and complete the following steps for your
initial discussion post:
Complete a library search for a peer-reviewed journal
article that integrates a specific nursing theory within nursing education
curriculum and instruction.
Present the article and discuss the nursing theory used, the
benefits of nursing theory in nursing education.
Discuss key considerations (curriculum design, and nursing
curricula and regulatory bodies) for nurse educators in curriculum development.
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.
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
References:
McEwen, M. & Wills, E. (2019). Theoretical basis for
nursing (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Unit 5 Discussion 1 Peer Response 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.
Compare your response with your peers? response about the
relationship between theory and education.
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.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
Unit 6
Discussion
Theory and Practice
Using the readings from McEwen and Wills (2019) chapter 19:
application of theory in nursing research, address the following for your
initial discussion post:
Complete a library search for a peer-reviewed journal
article that integrates a specific nursing theory with a nursing research
study.
Present the article and discuss the nursing theory used, as
well as the benefits of nursing theory in nursing research.
Discuss the relationship between theory and research in
nursing.
Be sure to supplement your discussion with personal and
professional experiences.
Attach your article to the initial 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.
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
References:
McEwen, M. & Wills, E. (2019). Theoretical basis for nursing
(4th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Unit 6 Discussion 1 Peer Response 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.
Compare your response with your classmate?s response about
the relationship between theory and nursing research.
Present new references that support your opinions.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with
citations and references in APA format.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
Unit 7
Discussion
Theory and Practice
Please read the following introduction and complete the
following steps for your initial discussion post:
Theory provides the basis of understanding the reality of
nursing; it enables the nurse to understand why an event happens. Please share
your thoughts about nursing theory.
Which nursing theory do you feel will have the greatest
impact on your practice and why.
Is there an article that you particularly found most useful
in utilizing theory in your area of practice?
Which of the units? discussion questions did you find most
challenging; discuss why you chose that one?
Which discussion did you find more useful to understand
nursing theory and its application in your area of practice?
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.
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
Unit 7 Discussion 1 Peer Response 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 theory selection with your peers? selections.
Compare your strategies of implementing the selected theory
with the strategies presented by 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.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
Unit 8
Discussion
The Reflective Practitioner
Advanced practice nurses should be able to critique,
evaluate, and use theory. They should be
able to integrate and apply a wide range of theories from nursing and other
sciences into a comprehensive and holistic approach to care.
After reflecting on the readings, discussions, and the
concepts you have learned in this course address the following:
Discuss three concepts that you learned during this course.
How can you apply these concepts to your existing or future
practice?
Supplement your discussion with personal and professional
experiences.
Optional: What
suggestions would you give to future students taking this course?
Optional: What
suggestions do you have to improve the course in general or improve course
assignments?
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 20 points. Please review the rubric
to ensure that your response meets the criteria.
Estimated time to complete:
2 hours