DQ Identify your specialty area of NP practice.

NR 501 Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice

Week 4 Discussion

Nursing Theory

Identify your specialty area of NP practice. Select a nursing theory, borrowed theory, or interdisciplinary theory provided in the lesson plan or one of your own findings. Address the following:

Origin

Meaning and scope

Logical adequacy

Usefulness and simplicity

Generalizability

Testability

Finally, provide an example how the theory could be used to improve or evaluate the quality of practice in your specific setting. What rationale can you provide that validates the theory as applicable to the role of the nurse practitioner.