Assignment: Conceptual Nursing Framework

Assignment: Conceptual Nursing Framework
Assignment: Conceptual Nursing Framework
The following is a template for you to use as you complete the assignment. Table 1 (Nursing Paradigms, Features, and Conceptual Frameworks) includes an overview of features of the three Nursing Paradigms: Particulate-Deterministic; Interactive-Integrative; and Unitary-Transformative (Fawcett, 2005). Select nursing theories and models, referred to as “Conceptual Frameworks,” are identified.
Of the conceptual frameworks listed in Table 1, your group should select 6 to explore further. The Library Guide for NUR 18200 has eBooks available for you to use: click for selected texts on nursing theorists. These texts have reference lists that are helpful as well, if you’d like to dig deeper in understanding a particular conceptual framework. Several nurse theorists even have their own websites!
The 6 conceptual frameworks your group chooses is your choice. You could consider selecting at least one from each nursing paradigm. Or, perhaps you personally and professionally identify strongly with one of the nursing paradigms. Each is like a “lens,” offering a certain way of viewing nursing phenomena. Chances are you already view nursing (and the world, in general) according to one of the three nursing paradigms but just didn’t have a name for it…until now!
Complete Table 2 (Selected Conceptual Frameworks: Basic Assumptions and Concepts Defined), providing a brief summary of basic assumptions and how concepts are defined for each of the 6 conceptual frameworks. From these 6 conceptual frameworks, select 1 conceptual framework from Table 2 and complete Table 3 (Selected Conceptual Framework: Conceptual Framework Evaluation Criteria Applied). The 5 criteria in Table 3 are to be used to evaluate and critique your selected conceptual framework. The criteria are also presented in Week 3: Presentations, “Theory Evaluation Criteria.” Explain your answers to the questions posed in the critique, providing rationales and examples (i.e., provide more than “yes” or “no” in your responses).
Provide a reference list of the resources you used to complete this assignment.
At the end, please provide a brief summary of each individual group member’s contributions to this assignment. In objective terms, specify who did what to make the group work possible and create this assignment. As a collaborative assignment for which only one document is submitted per group, everyone identified in the document should be in agreement with not only the content presented in the critique but also with the summary of contributions.
Table 1: Nursing Paradigms, Features, and Conceptual Frameworks