You will prepare a presentation using Microsoft® PowerPoint® that explores and describes one nursing theorist. You will choose a nursing theorist from your textbook that you have not presented in response to your earlier Discussion Board postings.
Directions:
Your presentation will include:
The historical background of the development of the model or framework.
A short description of the theory or model.
The theorist's name and a discussion of her background, including pertinent experiences in the background of the theorist as a nurse scholar that might have prompted the development of the theory.
A definition and description of the concepts of the theory, including :
How are human beings defined and described?
How is environment defined and described?
How is health defined?
How are wellness and illness differentiated?
How is nursing defined?
What is (are) the goal(s) of nursing?
The relationship between the theory and the concepts in nursing metaparadigm.
Strengths and weaknesses of the model for clinical practice
The central values and beliefs set forth by the theorist.
An example of use of the theory in your clinical practice.