Select a nurse theorist and write a paper describing the background of the theorist, the
theory, and its application to nursing practice.
The paper should address the following:
- Describe the background of the nurse theorist and the various social and professional
issues that influenced the development of the theory. - Identify the major concepts and relational statement of the nursing theory. Concepts
common to most nursing theories include: Person, health, nursing, and environment. - Describe the assumptions made by the nurse theorist. To what extent are these
assumptions compatible with your personal philosophy of nursing?
