Theoretical Framework in Nursing: An Annotated Bibliography

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Theoretical framework
7/16/2019

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Annotated Bibliography
Aliakbari, F., Parvin, N., Heidari, M. & Haghani, F. (2015). Learning theories application in
nursing education. Journal of education and health promotion. 4(2) doi 10.4103/2277-
9531.151867.
Nursing theories are designed to facilitate the growth and development of nursing to
establish the beliefs, values, and goals in the healthcare. The theories of nursing guides the
actions of the nurses, and their ability to work as a separate discipline granted the autonomy.
According to the authors it has been analysed that nursing theory forecast the
implication into the nursing practice, by providing the fundamentals of nursing practice.
Nursing theories are mainly based upon the factor of caring of the individual patients in the
healthcare. There are certain elements i.e. environment, health and nursing goals and
functions which are considered vital for the healthcare practices. Self-care deficit theory,
Watson’s theory and other grand theories of nursing identifies the role of health professionals
on the health of patients. The author stated that the implementation of self-care deficit
theory has been found to a great extent, which is applied to the conditions wherein the person
is unable to meet or fulfil their psychological, biological, development or social needs. The
article has summarised the significance of different types of nursing theories and role in
promoting health and preventing illness. Moreover, theories of nursing also help in
determining the principles to measure the quality of nursing care for improving health of the
person (Moulton et al., 2019).
To assess the importance of nursing theories it can be stated that self-care deficit
theory has been found beneficial in comparison to other theories of nursing. It is because that
the theory helps in the aspects of self-management of the health illness, and assist in the
planning of care to the health professionals. The assessment of the self-care deficit theory
which forms a major part of grand nursing theory. It has been a useful theory of nursing for
my own research on the theories of nursing and their application into health care practices. As
it developed knowledge regarding the subject, and importance of nursing theories and role of
family members which is crucial in the improvement of health.