Behavioral principles run through many political ads.  Yes conditioning effectively influences our attraction and preferences to a variety of things, especially in politics; points I will make introducing associative learning during lecture. Use the web (hint: youtube) to locate 2 contemporary (no older than 8 months) political ads in which elements of classical (frequently called […]

Summary: A theory can be used to guide practice.  This assignment is an exercise in supporting a clinical practice with theory and evidence. Application of Concepts from Caring Science Directions: Identify an outcome of nursing practice in your area of practice (Orthopedic Nursing) that can be improved.  For example, if you work in home health, […]

Precaution Adoption Process Model a psychologically model that explains how people comes to decisions to take actions to prevent illness, injury, or other types of harm. It explain precautious behaviors to avoid external hazards or health threats. This model assumes that people must pass through a series of six qualitatively different stages on the path […]

Health Belief Model Constructs are perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, cue to action The Health Belief Model (HBM) argues that a person’s willingness to change their health behaviors primarily comes from their health perceptions.  The HBM model was developed in the 1950s by social psychologists Godfrey Hochbaum, Irwin Rosenstock, and Rosenstock and […]

The emancipatory theory of compassion was created by Dr Jane Georges, it assumes the universality of suffering and the means by which suffering can be alleviated through compassion. Emancipatory is used to emphasize the centrality power relations have on suffering, and the ability to render compassion impossible. The emancipatory theory define compassion as the wish […]

Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort is a middle-range theory for health practice, education, and research that was developed in the 1990s. The theory explains comfort as a fundamental need of all human beings for relief, ease, or transcendence arising from health care situations that are stressful. This theory came up when Katharine Kolcaba conducted a concept […]

Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing was developed by Sister Callista Roy in 1976. Roy’s model posits that a person is a bio-psycho-social being who’s in constantl interaction with a changing environment. The model explains how people adapt to environmental changes using four components, including person, health, environment, and nursing. According to Roy’s adaptation model of […]