NP501 Week 4 Discussion
Preparing the Assignment
1. Identify your specialty area of NP practice.
2. Select a nursing theory, borrowed theory, or interdisciplinary theory provided in
the lesson plan or one of your own findings.
Address the following:
Origin
Meaning and scope
Logi...
Preparing the Assignment
1. Identify your specialty area of NP practice.
2. Select a nursing theory, borrowed theory, or interdisciplinary theory provided in
the lesson plan or one of your own findings.
Address the following:
Origin
Meaning and scope
Logical adequacy
Usefulness and simplicity
Generalizability
Testability
Finally, provide an example how the theory could be used to improve or evaluate the
quality of practice in your specific setting. What rationale can you provide that validates
the theory as applicable to the role of the nurse practitioner.
Specialty and Origin
I plan on practicing as a family nurse practitioner. Initially, my goal is to become an FNP
working in cardiac and thoracic surgery. My goal is to incorporate patient-centered care in my
daily practice. The theory I found to be relevant to me is a mid-range theory published in 2006
and was developed by Brendon McCormack, and Tanya McCance called Person-Centered Care
Nursing Framework (McCormack & McCance, 2006).
Meaning and scope
In the United Kingdom McCormack and McCance developed person-centered care
nursing framework theory by combining two separate models of care involving an experience of
caring in nursing and a concept including person-centered practice with elderly people. There are
four constructs engaged with the theory including prerequisites, the care environment, person-
centered process, and expected outcomes. The first construct is prerequisites and focuses on
incorporating an educated and competent nurse who has a belief and value system, uses
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