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Why is Nursing Theory Important to Your Practice?
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Why is Nursing Theory Important to Your Practice? By Keith // May 17, 2012
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Although many of us rolled our eyes and otherwise resisted learning about nursing theories when we were in school, nursing theories can be very useful structures from which we can draw inspiration and direction related to our professional practice of nursing. Nursing theories offer conceptual bases for nursing practice, and individual theories often serve as a framework for specific schools of nursing. Some health care facilities will adopt a nursing theory for its nursing staff, and in such a case all clinical nursing decisions are ostensibly made through the “lens” of this particular theory. Nursing theories utilize a logical structure of ideas, hypotheses and assumptions that can be applied to a variety of situations. These theoretical structures can serve as a basis for nursing practice, patient care, professional development, education, nursing research, or administrative decision-making. As a body of knowledge, nursing theories provide a wide array of conceptual structures on which nurses or organizations can hang their metaphorical hats. Some well-known nursing theories and theorists include: Dr. Jean Watson, whose “ caring model ” emphasizes the humanistic aspects of nursing in combination with scientific knowledge.