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    Chapter 19:

    Application of Theory in Nursing


    Practice
    Introduction
     Theory is considered to be both a process and a product.
    As a process, theory has numerous activities and includes
    four interacting, sequential phases (analyzing concepts,
    constructing relationships, testing relationships, and
    validating relationships) that are implemented in
    practice.
     Theory provides the basis of understanding the reality of
    nursing; it enables the nurse to understand why an event
    happens.

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    Relationship Between Theory and Practice
     Practice is the basis for nursing theory development, and
    nursing theory must be validated in practice. Theory is
    rooted in practice and refined by research, and it should
    be reapplied in practice.

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    Theory-Based Nursing Practice

     Theory is both a process and a product. In the


    discipline of nursing, theory and practice are
    inseparable.
     To improve practice, nurses need to search the
    literature continually, critically appraise research
    findings, and synthesize empirical and contextually
    relevant theoretical information to be applied in
    practice.
     Theory-based nursing is the application of various
    models, theories, and principles from nursing science
    and the biologic, behavioral, medical, and sociocultural
    disciplines to clinical nursing practice.

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    The Theory–Practice Gap
     Despite the recognition of the importance of theory in
    nursing, there is a perceived gap between theory and
    practice.
     Although most scholars believe that theory and practice
    are, or at least should be, reciprocal, to many, the
    relationship between theory and practice appears to be
    unidirectional and hierarchical.
     Language also contributes to the gap in theory and
    practice, as many theories contain concepts and
    constructs that must be explained and understood before
    they can be applied.

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    Closing the Theory–Practice Gap
     Theories may be developed by and for nurses (grand,
    middle range, or situation-specific nursing theories), may
    be shared with other disciplines, or may be implied
    (routinely used without being conscious processes).

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    Situation-Specific/Practice Theories in
    Nursing
     Practice theories are nursing theories used in the actual
    delivery of nursing care to clients.
     Practice theories are clinically specific and reflect a
    particular context that may include directions or
    blueprints for action.

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    Situation-Specific Theory and Evidence-
    Based Practice

     EBP has become widely accepted in nursing as an


    approach to problem solving in clinical practice because it
    consciously and intentionally applies the currently agreed
    upon “best” evidence to direct care for patients.
     Situation-specific theories and EBP guidelines, standards,
    and protocols have much in common.

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    Application of Theory in Nursing Practice
     A lack of understanding of theory leads to a failure to
    recognize the use of theory on a day-to-day, even
    minute-to-minute, basis in the practice of nursing.
     Theory in nursing taxonomy: examples from the Nursing
    Intervention Classification System
     Examples of theory from nursing literature

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    Application of Grand and Middle Range
    Theories in Nursing Practice

     Articles showing how grand and middle range nursing


    theories have been applied in nursing practice can readily
    be found in the nursing literature.

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