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Nursing Theories and Frameworks

The intention of this discussion paper is to give students a professional forum to communicate with each other regarding the nursing theories and frameworks they note to be evident in their clinical practice environment. The expectation is that each student will read and learn from each other to gain awareness of evidence informed practice and research in multiple setting of clinical field practice.

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Students are expected to post professional summaries, in APA format, minimum 400 words, that explain how a nursing theory, framework, or evidence based guideline or standard has created improvements to practice and client outcomes in their clinical setting.

Nursing Theories and Frameworks

This paper is an essay that evaluates a nursing theory with regards to how it has changed the practice of nursing and created major improvements to the outcome of a client within a clinical setting.

Essay Task

Explain how a nursing theory, framework, evidence based guideline or standard has created improvements to practice and client outcomes in their clinical setting.

Nursing Theory Chosen for the Essay

Need Theory.

Discussion

The need theory is one of the popular philosophies in nursing that seeks to improve the health of the patient and the competence of the clinical professional. The focal point of this theory is one increasing the ability of a patient to depend on themselves after they have been discharged (Kikuchi, 2015). Further, the needs theory also lays a lot of emphasis on meeting the immediate basic needs of a patient and striving to provide them in the best possible way. The principles of the need theory assert that a nurse is supposed to take care of the patient up until the time when they have recuperated fully to do so themselves (Suliman et al, 2009).

Additionally, nurses are expected to devote themselves to teaching the patient on how to take care of themselves while they are still in hospital. The need theory has definitely created major improvements to the nursing practice and to the patient within the clinical setting. The first improvement can be witnessed in the manner that a number of patients actually get to nurse themselves after they have been discharged. What’s more, these patients are able to know what times to take medication, when to rest and even when to exercise because their personal nurses taught them to do so. This improves the clinical setting in the sense that the level of dependency on a nursing professional once a patient is outside the confines of a hospital (Younas, 2017).

At the same time, the person gets to learn the importance of balancing their emotional, physical and physiological well-being. The need theory of nursing actually advocates for the health and wellness of all the latter pillars so that a person is able to enjoy healthiness from an all-rounded perspective (Suliman et al, 2009).  The fact that the need theory strives to bring the nurse and patient together means that it does a lot to improve the clinical setting. This is because this environment becomes a place where a professional and patient can interact and even develop a robust relationship that is geared towards a healthy future.

References

Kikuchi, J. F. (2015). Cultural Theories of Nursing Responsive to Human Needs and Values. Journal Of Nursing Scholarship, 37(4), 302-307. doi:10.1111/j.1547-5069.2005.00050.x

Suliman, W. A., Welmann, E., Omer, T., & Thomas, L. (2009). Applying Watson’s Nursing Theory to Assess Patient Perceptions of Being Cared for in a Multicultural Environment. Journal Of Nursing Research (Taiwan Nurses Association), 17(4), 293-300.

Younas, A. (2017). Relational Inquiry Approach: Nursing Practice in Pakistan – A Case Study. Nursing Science Quarterly, 30(4), 336-340. doi:10.1177/0894318417724458