Theory paper Nursing

Assignment: Theory paper Nursing
Assignment: Theory paper Nursing

Question Description

Theory Paper

For your paper you are to choose a nursing theory or a theory used in nursing. After you have described the theory you are to choose one of the concepts used by the theorist. For example if you chose Roy, you could use adaptation as your concept. Other examples of concepts from other theories: health, environment, coping, grief, alarm fatigue, medication errors.Theory paper Nursing

This assignment is an exercise designed to explore the meaning of theory relevant to nursing.

First provide a summary of the theory.

Next describe the concept you chose and why (one paragraph)

Please note this is NOT a formal concept analysis paper. A formal concept analysis paper involves extensive literature review, follows steps in an established concept analysis/development approach, and requires qualitative analytic skills.

This assignment will include key components of a formal concept analysis paper which are “definitions of the concept,” “attributes (key characteristics or dimensions) of the concept” and “a model case used in a research study (an exemplar)”

Then, you will search literature by using the name of the concept or its synonyms to identify how the concept was used in the literature. Develop or adopt a definition that you feel most appropriately describe the concept.

List key characteristics (attributes) that define the concept. Use your definition, research and clinical articles and books, and your personal, clinical and theoretical experiences, to make the list of attributes complete. Then you may search additional literature to support the identified characteristics (attributes) of the concept. Each student should find at least 3 highly relevant scholarly articles that address the key characteristics of the concept. Summarize or synthesize the definition of the concept which may be derived from both dictionary and literature definitions.

Identify at least one research study that uses your theory. Describe and critique how they used the concept.

The suggested components of the paper are as follows. However, the actual sequence or organization of these components may vary according to your writing style or preference.Theory paper Nursing

Introduce the purpose of your paper, the theory, concept (phenomenon) of interest, and rationale for the selection (30%). Examples of the rational include
Provide a definition for the concept, which reflects your evaluation, synthesis or summary of definitions from both dictionary (Use the Oxford English Dictionary only) and literature. (10%)
Identify key aspects (i.e. key characteristics, dimensions, essence, or attributes) of the concept. All these key aspects should be reflected in your definition of the concept and can be drawn from literature, books, and clinical, personal and theoretical experiences. (30%)
Describe 1-3 exemplars of the theory and concept used in a research study. (20%)
Close with a summary which include implications for further development, formal inquiry, or application to clinical practice. Demonstrate appropriate professional writing, including APA style, grammar, and punctuation. (10%).
the need to define, refine, explore, disambiguate or clarify the concept that describe the phenomenon of your interest, and
the significance of the phenomenon to nursing (including nursing clinical practice, education, administration, and research etc.)
The paper should be no longer than 5 pages, excluding the references.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.Theory paper Nursing

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me: Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.