Written Assignment

Word Limit: 2500

This assignment is needed for the Masters of Health Science (major in Nursing) program, for postgraduate students.

Aim:

The aim of this assessment is to identify and critically examine a nursing
concept of interest to you, with an emphasis on the delivery of nursing
care. This could be a clinical, professional or theoretical concept for example:
person centred care, fundamentals of care or nursing partnership: a model for
nursing practice.

Task:

The assignment should address the following:

1. Define the concept and present a detailed explication of the concept.
2. Critically examine the background and history of the concept.
3. Critically examine the theoretical and/or philosophical heritage and ethical
   foundations of the concept including its epistemological and ontological
   footing.
4. Critically discuss the evidence-based impact of the concept on delivery of
   nursing care.
5. Critically reflect on the significance of the concept to professional nursing
   identity and practice.

Format:

Please use APA referencing style, 7th edition.

01.Exploration of topic

Criterion long description

• Defines concept with detailed explication.
• Critically examines background and history of concept.
• Critically examines theoretical, philosophical heritage, and ethical
  foundations

02.Critical analysis and synthesis of knowledge.

• Critically discusses evidence-based impact.
• Critically reflects on significance of concept to professional identity and
  practice.

03.Organisation and coherence of the topic

• Clarity of expression

04.Scholarly presentation

05.Referencing

The accepted referencing method in the School is the APA 7th edition.

Aim:

The aim of this assessment is to identify and critically examine a nursing
concept of interest to you, with an emphasis on the delivery of nursing
care. This could be a clinical, professional or theoretical concept for example:
person centred care, fundamentals of care or nursing partnership: a model for
nursing practice.

According to the yellow highlighted aim, I selected this topic for my
assignment. Please kindly make my assignment according to that.

I selected evidence -based nursing practice

Below are some details I came across related to the topic. If they are
suitable for my assignment, you can add them too.

01.Definition about EBN

• Crtically examine the background and of the concept(history about
  evidence based practice in nursing)
• 1950-1960 nursing transitioned from hospital based traning to unvresity
  programs fasterring a more scientific approach to practice ect……
• 1970-1980 orem’s self -care theory
• Roy’s adaptation model
• 1990- David sackett and colleagues

02.Theoretical and philosophical heritage of EBN

• Deeply influence by positivist and post positivist paradigms
• Theorititical models
• Carper’s 1978 ways of knowing in nursing
• Sckett’s 1996 evidence based
• Lowa model and johns hopking EBN

03 epistemological and ontological foundation of EBN

• Epistemological-Empiricism
• Interpretivism
• Pragmatism
• Ontology-realism(positivism)
• Critical realism(post -positivism)
• Relativism

Others need for according to criteria