Title: Borrowed Theory in Nursing Theory Development - Nursing Education Expert
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Borrowed Theory in Nursing Theory Development
Discipline-Specific Theory
Borrowed Theory in Nursing
How to Decide if a Borrowed Theory “Fits” the Nursing Profession
Borrowed Theories and Supporting Theoretical Frameworks Used in Nursing
General Systems Theory
Stress, Adaptation, and Coping Theories
Developmental Theories
Motivation Theories
Physiologic Frameworks
Planning and Evaluation Models (Logic Models)
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Content: For a theory to be useful to nursing practice — it has to fit. Nurses shouldn’t assume that theory from non-nursing disciplines, even if related to healthcare, will work in a shared capacity as a theory for nursing care (Villaruel et al., 2001). For example, in a discussion about the concept of empathy, borrowed from the discipline of psychology, Walker and Alligood (2001) pointed out that fit is often assumed because concepts in healthcare seem to transcend discipline. But if this premise is critically examined, one could find contradictions or challenges to those assumptions. “ The direct application of borrowed theories of empathy assumed that context and content applicable to the psychotherapist-patient relationship were directly transferable to the nurse-patient relationship” (p. 141). I think you can see that it makes sense that there might be differences between the psychotherapist-patient relationship and the nurse-patient relationship? Many papers have been written on how to evaluate borrowed theories for fit in nursing (Villaruel et al., 2001). “ The linkage of a nursing conceptual model and a borrowed theory must first take into consideration the logical congruence of worldviews that undergird the conceptual model and the theory” (p. 160).