I Learned Nursing Theory

What have you learned about the use of theories and do you have the same feeling about theories as you did at week one?
The author feels that she has learned a lot about nursing theories and has applied the theories to nursing practice and case studies. The author learned the types of theories and many famous nursing theorists and the concepts and assumptions of their theories. The types of theories include grand theories, middle range theories, and borrowed theories. Additionally, the nursing theorists and their theories that the author learned include Florence Nightingale’s legacy of caring, Dorothy Johnson’s behavioral system model, Dorothea Orem’s self-care deficit nursing theory, Martha Rogers’ science of unitary human beings, Madeleine

Leininger’s theory of culture care diversity and universality, Jean Waton’s theory of human caring, Katharine Kolcaba’s comfort theory, Joanne Duffy’s quality-caring model, Pamela Reed’s theory of self-transcendence, Troutman-Jordan’s theory of successful aging, and Barrett’s theory of power as knowing participation in change.
The author do not have the same feelings about theories as she had at the first week. The author only learned some general information about nursing philosophy and nursing science on the first week of this semester. As the author learned more theories and their concepts, she started putting pieces of puzzle together to understand the whole picture of nursing theories.
Would you now use a theory or concept of a theory in your everyday practice setting or in your everyday lives?
The author will use a theory or concept of a theory in her practice.

As a matter of fact, the author already used two nursing theories in her practice. The two nursing theories are Troutman-Jordan’s theory of successful aging and Dorothea Orem’s self-care deficit nursing theory. Understanding Roy adaptation model of the Troutman-Jordan’s theory helps the author to provide an individualized care to patients because the author understands now that each patient has different perceptions of integrated, compensatory, and compromised life processes. Furthermore, Dorothea Orem’s self-care deficit nursing theory guides the author to polish her care planning skills. Four constituent theories within the self-care deficit nursing theory facilitates the author to develop a meaningful, comprehensive care

plan.
Would you practice differently today knowing this new knowledge?

The author thinks that she will use the theories that she learned in this class to improve the way of practice. Nursing theories and the concepts of the nursing theories are valuable pieces of philosophy that the author learned. The author will apply the knowledge that she learned in this class to her daily nursing practice. The goal of using the knowledge of nursing theories and the concepts of the nursing theories is to promote an optimal outcome of nursing

care.