Conceptual Nursing Framework
Instructions for completing Critique: 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 2 to further explore. You may use your Alligood text and/or other available eBooks on nursing theorists (found on The Library Guide for NUR 18200). 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 2 conceptual frameworks your group chooses are 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 2 conceptual frameworks. From these 2 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.
The tables that must be complete are in the the attached document and the more detailed instructions are also included in there.