NURS 624Theor Frmwrks: Chronic Illness

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Course content will explore the application of theoretical concepts, constructs and models for research and practice of nursing. Students will analyze theoretical frameworks pertinent for research either directed at health promotion and disease prevention or alterations from health. Students will review and critique research studies including those germane to rural and examine issues of methodology, instrument selection and development, sampling, data collection and measurement. Students will explore the rich variety of models and theoretical constructs existing today in preparation for integrating theory in their area of research interest. Course content will include social and behavioral theories relevant to nursing, models of caring, complexity science and transitions. Research related to disease states, chronic illness and patient outcomes will be explored. Theoretical constructs related to the individual, environment, social capital, behavioral ecological model integrating public health, behavioral science and cultural and theories and models relating to human practice science and theories of regulation will be studied. Students will develop an in depth review of a body of literature in relation to their research interests, using a theoretical framework from either a health promotion and disease prevention model or alteration from health appropriate to the literature they plan to review. This course is restricted to PhD Nursing Students. Prerequisite N.602, N.608 and N609