Fundamentals of Nursing Models
Use the six criteria from this week’s readings from Fundamentals of Nursing Models, Theories, and Practice (Chapters 5 and 7) as a guide for this assignment. You can access these readings directly by using the Theory-Guided Practice Readings Link directly below this assignment entry.
Book
Fundamentals of Nursing Models, Theories and Practice, Second Edition. Hugh P. McKenna, Majda Pajnkihar and Fiona A. Murphy. © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Published 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Companion website: www.wileyfundamentalseries.com/nursingmodels
Read the following from Fundamentals of Nursing Models, Theories, and Practice: • Ch. 5: Nursing Theories or Nursing Models • Ch. 7: How to Select a Suitable Model or Theory
Select a practice/clinical setting.
Use the following six criteria to select a theory appropriate for the setting you chose (check off each area before submission to be sure all are included in your work):
• Clinical setting
• Origin of the theory
• Paradigms as a basis for choice
• Simplicity
• Patient’s needs
• Understandability
Explain what practice or clinical setting you chose, how the six criteria helped you choose, and why the selected theory is well suited to it.
Cite a minimum of two in-text sources, and include a page or slide with APA-formatted references.
Format your assignment as one of the following:
• 1,050- to 1,225-Word document paper (No PDF)
