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)
Organizational Change/Culture
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Content: Failure to link the borrowed theory within a nursing framework “and be considered a theory shared with nursing … is a missed opportunity to advance nursing knowledge” (p. 160), as well as a missed opportunity to link the borrowed theory with nursing interventions — predicted from a nursing theory or model. What’s the downside of using another discipline’s theory to guide nursing practice? Well, again, the borrowed theory may not “fit” nursing practice and mislead the nurse to think that theoretical interventions may work, when in reality they may not (Villaruel et al., 2001; Walker & Alligood, 2001). When we borrow theory — that theory was created based on another discipline’s practice. So the borrowed theory has to make sense with nursing’s ideals and science. Questions to ask about borrowed theories before using them in nursing practice: Do the concepts of the theory resonate with/make sense to nursing practice/profession? How developed is the concept under review? (