NUR 3846 Foundations of Professional Nursing Theory Critique Rubric
Origins of the theory (give context/background)
Meaning
Usefulness
Testability
Overall evaluation (Revised 1/2021 by AJ Pittman)
- What was happening in the nursing profession and/or in American history that may have influenced the theory (state the era, 1800’s, 1900’s)
- What values, theories, evidence and or existing knowledge did the theorist cite as support for the theory What worldview, approach or paradigm to theory development did the theorist use? (qualitative or quantitative)
- What is the scope of the theory? (philosophy, conceptual model, grand theory, middle range theory or practice theory, see p. 47 of text)
- Describe the main ideas of the theory, include the assumptions under which the theory operates.
- What are the main concepts and how does the different concepts affect each other? How useful is this theory in nursing? (give an example)
- Is the theory practical & helpful to nursing? Does it contribute to understanding and predicting outcomes?
- Has this theory generated research? If so how many and what types of studies? Give one example of a study done using this theory (cite and explain, review the abstract)
- Evaluate the theory by utilizing the 5 criteria for analyzing theory (clarity, simplicity, generality, accessibility, importance). Is the theory comprehensive or specific?
- How generalizable is the theory?
- Summarize the 20% 10% 10% 10% 30%
Strengths & weakness of the theory.
- State why you would or would not use this theory in your practice. If you would use the theory state how Presentation Professional appearance, well- groomed with lab coat & identification.
- Demonstrate knowledge of content and confidence through voice inflection and tone and (no reading word for word or monotone voice).
- Comply with PPT format (rule of 6) Creativity, summarize engage audience, timed 20 min Handouts summarize main ideas & model, reference list/ APA Total (Revised 1/2021 by AJ Pittman) 10% 10%
Nursing Theorists AND THEIR WORK
This page intentionally left blank Nursing Theorists AND THEIR WORK Martha Raile Alligood, PhD, RN, ANEF Professor Emeritus College of Nursing East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina 3251 Riverport Lane St. Louis, Missouri 63043
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Lindström, PhD, RN Professor Department of Caring Science Faculty of Social and
Caring Sciences Åbo Academy University Vasa, Finland M. Katherine Maeve, PhD, RN
Nurse Researcher Charlie Norwood VAMC Augusta, Georgia Marilyn R. McFarland, PhD, RN, FNP, BC, CTN Associate Professor of Nursing and Family Nurse Practitioner Urban Health and Wellness Center University of Michigan Flint, Michigan Gwen McGhan, PhD(c), RN Jonas/Hartford Doctoral Scholar School of Nursing The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania Molly Meighan, RNC, PhD Professor Emerita Division of Nursing Carson-Newman College Jefferson City, Tennessee Contributors Patricia R. Messmer, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN Marguerite J. Purnell, PhD, RN, AHN-BC Gail J. Mitchell, PhD, RN, MScN, BScN Teresa J. Sakraida, PhD, RN Director Patient Care Services Research Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics Kansas City, Missouri Professor
RN Associate Professor Department of Caring Science Faculty of Social and Caring Sciences Åbo Academy University Vasa, Finland Janice Penrod, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN Director, Center for Nursing Research Associate Professor School of Nursing The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania Susan A. Pfettscher, DNSc, RN Retired Bakersfield, California Kenneth D. Phillips, PhD, RN Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Evaluation College of Nursing The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee Marie E. Pokorny, PhD, RN Director of the PhD Program College of Nursing East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina Assistant Professor Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida Assistant Professor College of Nursing University of Colorado, Denver Aurora, Colorado Karen Moore Schaefer, PhD, RN Associate Chair and Associate Professor.
Retired Department of Nursing College of Health Professions Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ann M. Schreier, PhD, RN Associate Professor College of Nursing East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina Carrie J. Scotto, PhD, RN Associate Professor College of Nursing University of Akron Akron, Ohio Christina L. Sieloff, PhD, RN, NE, BC Associate Professor College of Nursing Montana State University Billings, Montana Janet L. Stewart, PhD, RN Assistant Professor Department of Health Promotion and Development School of Nursing University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ix x Contributors Danuta M. Wojnar, PhD, RN, MEd, IBCLC Assistant Professor College of Nursing Seattle University Seattle, Washington Joan E. Zetterlund, PhD, RN Professor Emerita of Nursing School of Nursing North Park University Chicago, Illinois Reviewers Jean Logan, RN, PhD Professor
Grand View University Des Moines, Iowa Karen Pennington, PhD, RN Nancy Stahl, RN, MSN, CNE Associate Professor BSN Coordinator University of North Georgia Dahlonega.
Georgia Associate Professor Regis University Denver, Colorado xi About the Editor Martha Raile Alligood is professor emeritus at East Carolina University College of Nursing in Greenville, North Carolina, where she was Director of the Nursing PhD program. A graduate of Good Samaritan School of Nursing, she also holds a bachelor of sacred literature (BSL) from Johnson University, a BSN from University of Virginia, an MS from The Ohio State University, and a PhD from New York University. Her career in nursing education began in Zimbabwe in Africa and has included graduate appointments at the University of Florida, University of South Carolina, and University of Tennessee.
Among her professional memberships are Epsilon and Beta Nu Chapters of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), Southern
Nursing Research Society (SNRS), North Carolina Nurses Association/American Nurses Association (NCNA/ANA), and Society of Rogerian Scholars (SRS). A recipient of numerous awards and honors, she is a Fellow of the National League for Nursing (NLN) Academy of Nursing Education, received the SNRS Leadership in Research Award, and was honored with the East Carolina University Chancellors’s Women of Distinction Award.
A member of the Board of Trustees at Johnson University, Dr. Alligood chairs the Academic Affairs Committee. She served as contributing editor for the Theoretical Concerns column in Nursing Science Quarterly, Vol. 24, 2011, and is author/editor of Nursing Theory: Utilization & Application, fifth edition, as well as this eighth edition of Nursing Theorists and Their Work. xii Preface T his book is a tribute to nursing theorists and a classic in theoretical nursing literature.
It presents many major thinkers in nursing, reviews their important knowledge-building ideas, lists their publications, and points the reader to those using the works and writing about them in their own theoretical publications. Unit I introduces the text with a brief history of nursing knowledge development and its significance to the discipline and practice of the profession in Chapter 1.