Week 7 Assignment: Nursing Theory Framework Presentation

This PowerPoint presentation focuses on the theoretical framework that supports evidence-based practice in nursing. It begins with an introduction to nursing as a profession centered on health and wellness, highlighting its social work aspects and the guiding role of theoretical models. The presentation emphasizes evidence-based practice as a decision-making approach that integrates clinical aspects, current methods, and quality care, based on the collection and interpretation of data. It also addresses key issues in nursing, such as staff challenges, lack of respect, and the need for improved care coordination, as identified by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The presentation explores the relationship between evidence-based practice, care coordination, and the impact of changing times and technology on nursing practices. The presentation includes references to key scholarly articles supporting the concepts discussed.

Theoretical Framework of
Nursing

Introduction: Nursing
• Nursing is a profession.
• Focus upon the health and the wellness of the individuals.
• Essentially a form of social work.

Introduction: Nursing (Contd.)
• Characterised by traditional roles of maintaining health and wellness
of the individuals.
• The roles and responsibilities are guided by theoretical models.

Evidence Based Practice:
• An approach of decision making,
and providing nursing care.
• Includes the clinical aspects of
nursing.
• Includes the examples as
guidelines for the future
purposes.
• Uses most up to date methods of
providing care,.
• Aims at providing quality care.
• Based on collection,
interpretation, integration and
appraisal.

Issues Related to Nursing:
• American associations of colleges and nursing first identified the
challenging areas of nursing.
• There are five challenging areas.
• Firstly, the crisis of staff at the hospital premises.
• Being unable to fulfil the expectations of the patients.
• A lack of respect toward the nurses and the doctors and also, the vice-
versa. A lack of respect toward the patients.
• The quality of the provided care and support.
• The rise of care coordination.

Relation between the Model and the
Issue:
• The care coordination and the advanced practices in the nursing
evolved with the help of the evidence based practice.
• Addressing a single or similar disease from different perspective.
• Changing times and changing habits are affecting the decision making
process of the nursing practices.

Relation between the Model and the
Issue (Contd.):
• Various patients are identified with different ailments, therefore, it
becomes difficult to approach a particular method.
• Also, the evolution of the technological mediums, also, impact upon
the decision making process.

References:
Jones, T. L., Hamilton, P., & Murry, N. (2015). Unfinished nursing care, missed care, and
implicitly rationed care: State of the science review. International journal of nursing studies,
52(6), 1121-1137.
LoBiondo-Wood, G., & Haber, J. (2014). Nursing research-e-book: methods and critical appraisal
for evidence-based practice. Elsevier Health Sciences.
LoBiondo-Wood, G., & Haber, J. (2017). Nursing research-E-book: methods and critical appraisal
for evidence-based practice. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Schmidt, N. A., & Brown, J. M. (2017). Evidence-based practice for nurses. Jones & Bartlett
Learning.
Stevens, K. R. (2013). The impact of evidence-based practice in nursing and the next big ideas.
Online J Issues Nurs, 18(2), 4.
Urden, L. D., Stacy, K. M., & Lough, M. E. (2017). Critical Care Nursing-E-Book: Diagnosis and
Management. Elsevier Health Sciences.