Nursing Theorist Presentation

Each student 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:

The presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint® will include:

(number of slides is in parentheses, ex. (2–3) meaning two to three slides are sufficient)

·  The historical background of the development of the model or framework (1–2)

· A short description of the theory or model (1–2)

· 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 (1–2)

· A definition and description of the concepts of the theory, including (3–4):

o How are human beings defined and described?

o How is environment defined and described?

o How is health defined?

o How are wellness and illness differentiated?

o How is nursing defined?

o What is (are) the goal(s) of nursing?

· The relationship between the theory and the concepts in nursing metaparadigm (1)

{usually a drawing}

Strengths and weaknesses of the model for clinical practice (1–2)

The central values and beliefs set forth by the theorist (1–2)

· An example of use of the theory in your clinical practice (1)

Length: 10–16 slides (with a separate reference slide) PowerPoint® 2007 (pptx)

Speaker Notes Length: 50–100 words for each slide

Each student posts the PowerPoint® presentation to “Doc Sharing” for review by colleagues and faculty.

Each individual should provide the reference list (Word doc) used to develop the presentation,