DISCUSSION ESSAY
Identify your specialty area of NP practice (Family Nurse practitioner) . 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 how the theory could be used to improve or evaluate the quality of practice in your specific setting. What rationale can you provide that validates the theory as applicable to the role of the nurse practitioner.
Specialty Areas Nursing Theories
Family Nurse Practitioner
- McCormack and McCance’s Person-Centred Care Nursing (PCN) Framework
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Synergy Model for Patient Care
- Fawcett and Ellenbecker’s Conceptual Model of Nursing and Population Health (CMNPH)
Origin – Where and when did this theory come from?
Meaning – How the theory’s concepts relate to one another
Logical Adequacy – Looks at logical structure of the components of the theory
Usefulness – How practical or helpful is the theory?
Generalizability – Can the theory be applied to other situations?
Parsimony – Can the theory be explained in a simple or brief manner while still including all the important concepts?
Testability – Can the theory be supported by empirical evidence?
