Nursing Theory Comparison Paper 8-10 pages

Nursing Theory Comparison Paper

#1 Dorothea Orem: Self-Care Framework

#2 Ida Orlando Pelletier: Nursing Process Discipline

Your 8-10 page paper needs to include the following:

  • Title page with Running head: Abbreviated title flush left header all in Capital letters. Page numbers flush right header 

  • An introduction, including an overview of both selected nursing theories

  • Background of the theories

  • Philosophical underpinnings of the theories

  • Major assumptions, concepts, and relationships

  • Clinical applications/usefulness/value to extending nursing science testability

  • Comparison of the use of both theories in nursing practice

  • Specific examples of how both theories could be applied in your specific

clinical setting

  • Parsimony

  • Conclusion/Summary

  • References: Use the course text and a minimum of three additional sources, listed in APA (6th ed. Accepted, 7th ed recommended) format