Nursing Theories in Health Promotion

Nursing and non-nursing theories and models have long been used to drive health promotion and clinical decision making. When advanced practice nurses first begin their clinical practice, they often select a particular theory or model that most aligns to their personal and professional beliefs?just as you have been asked to do prior to each Practicum Experience in this program. However, practitioners frequently find that they might be using ideas from multiple theories and models. There is no right or wrong way, but rather the idea is to select theories or models that can guide your practice and help you influence change within the patient population you serve. In this Discussion, you select one nursing or non-nursing theory or model and consider how you would use the theory or model to influence change in patient risk behaviors.
To prepare:
? Review the articles, as well as the Green et al. textbook in the Learning Resources.
? Select a theory/model to use for the health promotion of patients in clinical settings. The theory/model you select may be a nursing theory/model or a non-nursing theory/model that can be applied to nursing practice.
? Reflect on how the theory/model you selected might guide your clinical practice. Think about how you would use this theory/model to influence changes in a patient?s risk behaviors.
Assignment paper (please note that this assignment is on clinical practice guidelines and determinants of health promotion)
Write two pages only on this paper
1). write an explanation of the theory/model you selected to use for the health promotion of patients in clinical settings.
2). Explain why you selected this theory/model.
3). discuss how the theory/model you selected might guide your clinical practice.
4). Include a specific example of how you would use this theory/model to influence changes in a patient?s risk behaviors.
REFERENCES RECOMMENDED FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT (Please reference to the textbook and the articles)

? Green, J., Tones, K., Cross R., & Woodall, J. (2015). Health promotion: Planning and strategies (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
? Chapter 7, ?Education for Health? (pp. 311-370)
This chapter explores the importance of health education in health promotion. It also examines the role of health education in influencing social and political change.
? DeGuzman, P. B., & Kulbok, P. A. (2012). Changing health outcomes of vulnerable populations through nursing’s influence on neighborhood build environment: A framework for nursing research. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 44(4), 341?348.
Retrieved from a Collage Library databases.

This article explores the impact of built environments?including the presence and conditions of sidewalks, traffic flow, cleanliness of public spaces, and perceptions of safety?on health behavior changes. It also presents a framework for examining physical and social environments at regional, neighborhood, and individual levels.
? Im, E.-O., & Chang, S. J. (2012). Current trends in nursing theories. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 44(2), 156?164.

This article identifies current trends in nursing theories and categorizes the trends into six major themes: foci on specifics, coexistence of various types of theories, close links to research, international collaborative works, integration to practice, and selective evolution.

? McCurry, M. K., Revell, S. M. H., & Roy, S. C. (2010). Knowledge for the good of the individual and society: Linking philosophy, disciplinary goals, theory, and practice. Nursing Philosophy, 11(1), 42?52.
Retrieved from a Collage Library databases.

This article explores nursing theories and examines the impact of theory-guided practice on clinical decision making.
? Newcomb, P. (2010). Using symptom management theory to explain how nurse practitioners care for children with asthma. Journal of Theory Construction & Testing, 14(2), 40?44.
Retrieved from a Collage Library databases.

This article describes the symptom management theory and outlines essential components and considerations. It also provides a case study to illustrate how the theory can be used in practice when caring for children with asthma.