Nursing Theory and Profession

Nursing Theory
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Nursing Theory
Nursing theory entails a set of principles and concepts that define the scientific basis of the nursing profession. The approach is relevant in generating nursing knowledge while helping professionals understand their obligations and roles in healthcare settings. McEwen and Wills (2017) aver that nurses utilize theories in evaluating patient care while basing nursing interventions on assessing the findings. Besides, the professionals can use the theory as a rationale for making relevant professional decisions. The nursing theory ought to provide principles that underpin professional practice and help in generating nursing knowledge. However, a lack of agreement on nursing theory can influence nurses to dismiss the importance of such models in their approach.
Nursing theory provides unique principles that underpin practice while helping to generate relevant nursing knowledge. In such a case, nurses understand their purpose and obligation in a healthcare setting. Nurses acquire a foundational understanding of care through the nursing theory to explain their actions and associated reasons to the patients (Smith, 2019). Therefore, the professionals can articulate evidence that can justify the methodology behind the nursing practice. One of the core purposes of theory in the nursing profession is to enhance training by positively influencing patients’ quality of life and lives. Nurses should utilize nursing theory in framing their actions, thinking, and practice in addressing patients' needs. Since the approaches are practical, they can facilitate effective communication between nurses, patients, and others involved in the care process.
Orem’s self-care deficit theory is applicable in nursing practice before planning and providing care in practice. One of the critical suggestions of the concept is that patients can mainta...