Title: Application Nursing Theories
Headings: Application  of Theory in Nursing Process
Nursing  theories
open access articles on Nursing  theories and models
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: Help build a common nursing terminology to use in  communicating with other health professionals. Ideas are developed and words are defined. Enhance autonomy (independence and self-governance) of  nursing through defining its own independent  functions. In Education
Provide a general focus for curriculum design
Guide curricular decision making. in Research
Offer a framework for generating knowledge and new ideas. Assist in discovering knowledge gaps in the specific field  of study. Offer a systematic approach to identify questions for  study; select variables, interpret findings, and  validate nursing interventions. Approaches to developing nursing theory
Borrowing conceptual frameworks from other disciplines. Inductively looking at nursing practice to discover  theories/concepts to explain phenomena.