Title: Application Nursing Theories
Headings: Application  of Theory in Nursing Process
Nursing  theories
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Application  of Theory in Nursing Process
Introduction
Objectives
Definition
Characteristics  of a Useful Theory [Robert T. Croyle (2005)]
Importance of  nursing theories
Evolution of Nursing Theories &  Application
Characteristics  of theories
Theories are:
Purposes  of theory in practice
PURPOSES OF NURSING THEORIES
In Practice:
In Education
in Research
in Practice
Conclusion
References

Content: Importance of  nursing theories
Nursing theory aims to describe, predict  and explain the phenomenon of nursing
It should provide the foundations of  nursing practice, help to generate further knowledge and  indicate in which direction nursing should develop in the  future. Theory is important because it helps us to decide  what we know and what we need to know
It helps to distinguish what should form  the basis of practice by explicitly describing nursing. The  benefits of having a defined body of theory in nursing  include better patient care, enhanced professional status  for nurses, improved communication between nurses, and  guidance for research and education
The main exponent of nursing – caring –  cannot be measured, it is vital to have the theory to  analyze and explain what nurses do
As medicine tries to make a move towards adopting a more  multidisciplinary approach to health care, nursing continues  to strive to establish a unique body of knowledge
This can be seen as an attempt by the  nursing profession to maintain its professional boundaries
Evolution of Nursing Theories &  Application
The history of professional nursing begins  with Florence nightingale. Later in last century nursing began with a  strong emphasis on practice. Following that came the curriculum era  which addressed the questions about what the nursing  students should study in order to achieve the required  standard of nursing. As more and more nurses began to pursue  higher degrees in nursing, there emerged the research era. Later graduate education and masters  education was given much importance. The development of the theory era was a  natural outgrowth of the research era. With an increased number of researches it  became obvious that the research without theory produced  isolated information; however research and theory produced  the nursing sciences.