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An 8 page paper discussing public health promotion, particularly in the workplace. Combining nursing theory and health promotion in the workplace can provide an atmosphere that changes with individuals’ needs. The same approaches to health promotion that worked a generation ago barely apply to today’s world; theory applied to practical situations allows promoters to address issues of current value. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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experimental practice and feedback opportunities. Michael P. ODonnell, 1995 Introduction Though he has not been able to maintain the effectiveness he
once had promise of effecting within the medical community, Patch Adams, MD called to attention the "dehumanizing" of medical practice and patient care. All of the models discussed below
are careful to take into account the fact that the patient is more than only a body in dysfunction, that there are many other factors that can affect progress toward
and achievement of equilibrium in the biological system that is the single, individual body. Theory and Health Promotion
These theories have originated with at least one individuals background in patient care in conjunction with the theorists higher awareness of the interaction of many factors in
realizing physical goals. Though a single theory may not provide a complete perspective, the study of several theories can build a broader one.
Many of the same questions that can apply to assessing the validity of qualitative research can be used to determine a nursing theorys relevance to health care promotion.
Some of those criteria are: * Logic of reasoning * Generalizability * Practicality * Anticipated positive patient outcome A nursing theory
that can add value will have all of these above criteria, at least in some measure. Of the four listed, practicality is the least important criterion for assessment.
A theory seen as being impractical may only be impractical under current methods, and because no one else has seen nursing in the particular view of the specific theorist.
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