NSG 6006 WEEK 2 DISCUSSION
1. What are your areas of weakness in “The Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse”?
Weaknesses identified in the area listed above include middle range theories, evolution
stages of the APN, Brown’s framework, core competencies of APN practice, and PICO
model for EBP questions.
2. What have you completed to improve in the topic “The Role of the Advanced
Practice Nurse”?
Related to middle range theories, I have completed readings and note taking over
the following theorists.
• Jean Watson: Theory of Human Caring: Initially differentiated nursing and medicine,
stating that curing is a domain for medicine, and caring is a domain of nursing. It
indicated that transpersonal caring relationship depends on moral commitment to
human dignity, wholeness, caring, and healing.
• Imogene King: Conceptual System & Theory of Goal Attainment: Conceptual system
that is the notion that human beings are open systems interacting constantly with the
environment.
• Nola Pender: Health Promotion Theory: Health promotion revolves around raising
consciousness related to health promoting behaviors, promoting self-efficacy,
enhancing the benefits of change, and managing the barriers to change.
o (Hamric et al.,2014).
For, evolution stages of the APN, I have completed readings and note taking over
the following material.
Stage 1: specialty begins: development in practice settings driven by increasing
complexity and demands; innovative practice opportunities.
Stage 2: specialty organizes: organized training begins and progresses to certificate
training; specialties in transition.
Stage 3: pressure mount for standardization: knowledge base grows, graduate
education; scope of practice expands; emerging APN specialties.
Stage 4: maturity and growing interdisciplinary: well-articulated practice; recognized by
others; established APN roles.
(Peterson, 2017).
1. What are your areas of weakness in “The Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse”?
Weaknesses identified in the area listed above include middle range theories, evolution
stages of the APN, Brown’s framework, core competencies of APN practice, and PICO
model for EBP questions.
2. What have you completed to improve in the topic “The Role of the Advanced
Practice Nurse”?
Related to middle range theories, I have completed readings and note taking over
the following theorists.
• Jean Watson: Theory of Human Caring: Initially differentiated nursing and medicine,
stating that curing is a domain for medicine, and caring is a domain of nursing. It
indicated that transpersonal caring relationship depends on moral commitment to
human dignity, wholeness, caring, and healing.
• Imogene King: Conceptual System & Theory of Goal Attainment: Conceptual system
that is the notion that human beings are open systems interacting constantly with the
environment.
• Nola Pender: Health Promotion Theory: Health promotion revolves around raising
consciousness related to health promoting behaviors, promoting self-efficacy,
enhancing the benefits of change, and managing the barriers to change.
o (Hamric et al.,2014).
For, evolution stages of the APN, I have completed readings and note taking over
the following material.
Stage 1: specialty begins: development in practice settings driven by increasing
complexity and demands; innovative practice opportunities.
Stage 2: specialty organizes: organized training begins and progresses to certificate
training; specialties in transition.
Stage 3: pressure mount for standardization: knowledge base grows, graduate
education; scope of practice expands; emerging APN specialties.
Stage 4: maturity and growing interdisciplinary: well-articulated practice; recognized by
others; established APN roles.
(Peterson, 2017).
