Assignment: Strategies of Implementing Theories
Assignment: Strategies of Implementing Theories
Assignment: Strategies of Implementing Theories
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
FIRST PERSON TO RESPOND TO
Ashley Farrar
RE: Theory and Practice
COLLAPSE
Top of Form
Nightingale’s Environmental Theory will have the biggest impact on my practice and the rest of my journey. In my practice I tend to just go day by day doing my usual routine with little regard to the environment. I have never worked in a hospital or long term care setting in which a patient may stay for an extended period of time so it does not always cross my mind to think how something like environment can affect how they may heal. After reading more into Nightingale’s theory, I did realize that I do incorporate it into practice unknowingly but intend to purposely incorporate it into practice more often. According to Petiprin (2016), one must alter a patient’s environment to affect a change in their health. Environment is not only where a person is though; this also can include their diet, cleanliness, and light. Petiprin (2016) noted that Nightingale reveals that manipulating an environment can help to meet the goals of the patient. Focus is on the care of the patient and could include something small such as minimizing noises or having the patient follow a special diet. This is currently something I do when I give triage advice to patients over the phone. If a patient has a headache, one of the biggest things that is recommended is laying in a quiet dark room which is the environment. For a patient who may have GI upset, we recommend diet changes to include soft bland food, avoiding fruit juices and spicy foods.
The article I found most useful to integrate theory into practice was one that I previously used in a discussion. The author Hanucharurnkul (2009), noted that theory is used to provide perspective, guidance, and direction when using theory in practice. Hanucharurnkul (2009), used Orem’s theory to clarify nurse’s role and help not only the patient but also family and community. Integrating family into care is helpful for the very young, the aging population, and even for those who are unable to perform self care activities daily.
The discussion I found most challenging was the unit four discussion on theory and leadership. I struggled to find an article that I liked. I went back and forth trying to determine how I could incorporate the article into leadership. Ultimately I was able to find an article but it took me longer than expected and longer than usual. One thing I did learn from that discussion though was to specify my search more rather than do a broad search.
The discussion most useful to me in understanding theory and application to practice was week 1 discussion 2. This discussion helped me to explore theory, its importance in nursing and how I can utilize theory into practice. It was a great way to reintroduce theory into education and practice for myself.
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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
- Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
- Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
- One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
- I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
- Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
- In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
- Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
- Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
- Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
- Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
- I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
- I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
- As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
- It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
- For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
- Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
- Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
- Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
- The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
- Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
- If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
- I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
- As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
- Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
- Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
- Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.
