Required Readings
Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress
Chapter 15: Developing Theories
Chapter 16: Developing Middle-Range Theories
Chapter 17: Developing Situation-Specific Theories
Mid-Range Theory Articles
Adams, L. (2017). Peplau’s contributions to psychiatric and nursing knowledge (PDF). Journal of Mental Health and Addiction Nursing, 1(1), e10–e18.
Bittencourt, M. N., Marques, M. I. D., & Diniz de Andrade Borroso, T. M. M. (2018). Contributions of nursing theories in the practice of the mental health promotion (PDF). Revista de Enfermagem Referencia, 4(18 ), 125–132.
Cabrera, J. P. (2018). Maternal role attainment theory: Promoting maternal identity and family health (PDF). International Journal of Childbirth Education, 33(2), 21–23.
Davidson, J. E. (2010). Facilitated sensemaking: A strategy and new middle-range theory to support families of intensive care unit patients (PDF). Critical Care Nurse, 30(6), 28–39.
Jaarsma, T., Cameron J., Riegel, B., & Stromberg, A. (2017). Factors related to self-care in heart failure patients according to the middle-range theory of self-care of chronic illness: A literature update (PDF). Current Heart Failure Reports, 14, 71–77.
Situation-Specific Theory Articles
Fawcett, J., & Tulman, L. (2018). Adaptation to high-risk childbearing: A preliminary situation-specific theory (PDF). Aquichan, 18(4), 407–414.
Herber, O. R., Kastaun, S., Wilm, S., & Barroso, J. (2019). From qualitative meta-summary to qualitative meta-synthesis: Introducing a new situation-specific theory of barriers and facilitators for self-care in patients with heart failure (PDF). Qualitative Health Research, 29(1), 96–106.
Assignment : Nursing Theory Application for the 21st Century:
Directions
Make edits to part 1 of the paper from Week 3 and then describe the evolution from grand to mid-range and situation-specific theory.
Reflect on what type of theory (grand, mid-range, or situation-specific) is most useful or applicable to clinical nursing practice in the 21st century.
Include your rationale for the level of theory you have selected as most useful. Support your claim with relevant research literature for the type of theory level you have chosen.
Assignment Details
Five to six text pages total
APA format
Include five articles supporting your position, with one or more research articles that used the theory level you claim is most relevant.
What to Submit
A 5- to 6-page Microsoft Word document
