Use the six criteria from this week’s readings from Fundamentals of Nursing Models, Theories, and Practice as a guide for this assignment. You can access these readings directly by using the Theory-Guided Practice Readings Link directly below this assignment entry.
Select a practice/clinical setting.
Use the following six criteria to select a theory appropriate for the setting you chose:
- Clinical setting
- Origin of the theory
- Paradigms as a basis for choice
- Simplicity
- Patient’s needs
- Understandability
Explain what practice or clinical setting you chose, how the six criteria helped you choose, and why the selected theory is well suited to it.
Cite a minimum of two sources in text and include a page with APA-formatted references.
1,050- to 1,225-word paper
MUST to get full credit:
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1 Selected an appropriate theory |
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2 Explained how the six criteria led to the selection of the theory |
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3 Explained why the theory is well-suited to the named practice or clinical setting |
required text books
McKenna, H., Pajnkihar, M., Murphy, F. (2014). Fundamentals of nursing models, theories, and practice. Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Sitzman, K., Watson, J. (2014). Caring science, mindful practice. New York, NY: Springer.
Snowden, A., Donnell, A., & Duffy, T. (2010). Pioneering theories in nursing. London, England: Andrews UK Limited.


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