NR501 Week 4: Importance of Nursing Theory Worksheet(Solution)
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Course
NR 501
Institution
NR 501
Wilmer Jabiguero Roca
March 22, 2020
Importance of Nursing Theory Worksheet
• Identify a nursing theorist and their nursing theory.
Answer: I have identified and chosen Patricia Brenner and her novice to expert theory.
• Why did I choose my selected nursing theory?
Answer: I chose the nov...
• Identify a nursing theorist and their nursing theory.
Answer: I have identified and chosen Patricia Brenner and her novice to expert theory.
• Why did I choose my selected nursing theory?
Answer: I chose the novice to expert theory because I have been utilizing the theory in my work
as a nurse manager as I observe and monitor the progress of the nursing staff that I have hired
within the past two years, and it also aligns with the nurse educator track that I am pursuing
right now here at Chamberlain College of Nursing.
• Summary of the novice to expert theory.
Answer: (Miller, Vivona, & Roth, 2017) observed that healthcare organizations depend on
experienced clinical nurses to train and mentor students who have graduated from nursing
school and/or to assist nurses who are transitioning from another unit or other places of
employment. They also further identified novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient and
expert as the five levels of nursing experience (Miller et al., 2017). Patricia Brenner’s novice to
expert theory dwells on the premise that as novice nurses learn and gain clinical and personal
experience over a period of time, they will eventually achieve nursing skills and a deeper
knowledge and appreciation of how to take care of their patients holistically on their journey
towards being an expert in their chosen field of nursing.
• How does the selected nursing theory address or identify the concepts of the nursing
metaparadigm?
Answer:
A) Person – Patricia Brenner believes that for nurses to reach an expert status by growing
continuously through knowledge and skills in providing quality holistic care to their patients,
they must gain experience starting from the hospital orientation under the guidance of good
and experienced nursing educators and preceptors. In relation to Patricia Brenner’s theory,
the person concept here is the nurse who is the caregiver, the patient who is the recipient of
care and the preceptor or nurse educator who is tasked in educating and training the novice
nurse to become skillful and expert.
B) Environment – This refers to the surroundings which includes the geographical location
where the nurse practices her/his skills. The environment may have a direct influence on
how the nurse will turn out to be at the end of her orientation and probation status. The
environment is not limited to the work and patient areas. The nurse’s interaction with her
preceptor, coworkers, patients and their family all play a part on the professional growth of
the novice nurse within that environment.
C) Health – This refers to the well-being state of the nurse as she performs her/his duties
towards learning and applying new skills to her patients. The mental and emotional
wellbeing of a nurse is very important especially during her orientation because she will
have to accept the reality that she will be held accountable for any negative outcomes as a
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