Nursing Theories
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Note: This is a three part paper, the final essay will be 10 pages long, please be aware that this is the second part. Concept Synthesis Paper on Personal Nursing Philosophy Complete a scholarly paper in which you will identify, describe, research, and apply the concepts that underlie your personal philosophy for professional nursing practice. This will help you identify your own values and beliefs about the established metaparadigms and metatheories of the discipline. It will also help you identify and articulate concepts relevant to your specific practice. You are also required to provide a list of assumptions from personal nursing practice that illustrate the concepts and framework of your theory. Your paper should follow a format that includes: Nursing Autobiography: A brief (1 page) discussion of your background in nursing. (please see attached document as a guide to complete autobiography) Two Practice-specific Concepts, and List of Propositions/Assumptions Consider the following questions as you complete your various tasks related to this assignment. 1. How do I define and employ the four basic metaparadigms of nursing theory in my professional practice? 2. What are the major concepts I employ that are unique to my professional practice? 3. What philosophies and theories from the literature of nursing and other disciplines/domains are consistent with these concepts? 4. How are the concepts of transcultural nursing, the health promotion model, skill acquisition, role theory, and change theory specifically integrated into my philosophy and practice? 5. What research supports these theories and concepts? 6. How do I integrate role and change theory into my professional practice and how may these theories be applied to the organization in which I practice? Sources should focus on references from nursing theory but may also include conceptual and theoretical material from other professional domains. References should be in APA
