DNP-815A Topic 8 DQ 1 Which science-based theories do you think are the most useful to the DNP-prepared nurse? DNP-815A Topic 8 DQ 1

DNP-815A Topic 8 DQ 1 Which science-based theories do you think are the most useful to the DNP-prepared nurse? DNP-815A Topic 8 DQ 1

Which science-based theories do you think are the most useful to the DNP-prepared nurse? Why?

Nursing theories are a set of predictive models that support nursing practice today. These theories are essential to nursing practice, scientific research and education because they help in determining what is known and any additional skills and knowledge that is needed.

Lewin’s Kurt change model proposes three fundamental strategies, i.e., unfreezing, movement and refreezing. The first is unfreezing, which supposes disruption. It supposes creating awareness about the need for change, thereby promoting support for said change. The second stage is movement, which means deciding on how to proceed with actual implementation of the change intervention. The third and final stage refreezing, implies assimilating and normalizing the change intervention as standard practice (Teguh et al., 2019). Orem’s nursing care deficit theory describes how the patient’s self-care needs will be met by the nurse, the patient, or by both. Orem’s theory on the other hand is comprised of three related parts: theory of self-care; theory of self-care deficit; and theory of nursing system. The steps in the approach are thought of as the technical component of the nursing process. Orem emphasizes that the technological component “must be coordinated with interpersonal and social pressures within nursing situations.

The DNP prepared nurse will be more equipped when utilizing these two nursing theories because they provide a guidance to nursing.  It allows the nurse to provide current best practice care to their patients while also impacting them beyond the bedside. Theories help guide evidence-based research which then leads to best practices and policies. This gives the DNP prepared nurse the opportunity to organize principles that will help evaluate patient care and improve the nursing interventions based on the evaluation findings. The theories can also provide nurses with basis or rationale for making decisions.

References

Nursing Theories(2021) Orem’s self care deficit nursing theory . available https://nursing-theory.org/theories-and-models/orem-self-care-deficit-theory.php