Research Paper

Theory-Guided Practice

Assignment Content
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.

Select a practice/clinical setting.

Use the following six criteria to select a theory appropriate for the setting you chose:

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:

15- to 20-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes
15- to 20-minute oral presentation with detailed speaker notes
1,050- to 1,225-word paper
Another format approved by your instructor