MIDDLE-RANGE THEORIES AND NURSING PRACTICE ISSUES

For this Discussion, you will identify a practice or organization issue of importance to you. Then, you select two middle-range theories and apply them to address the practice or organization issue. 

TO PREPARE

• Reflect on your nursing practice to identify issues of particular interest or concern to you and/or your organization. 
• Select one practice or organization issue on which to focus for this Discussion. 
• Review the Learning Resources for this week, focusing on specific middle-range theories that may apply to the practice or organization issue that you selected.
• Select two middle-range theories that you believe are relevant and valuable in addressing the practice or organization issue you selected.

Post the following:

• Identify the practice or organization issue you selected. Explain why you chose it.
• Describe the two middle-range theories that you selected. Explain why you chose them. 
• Explain how you would apply each middle-range theory to the practice or organization issue. Be specific and provide examples.

Note: Your posts should be substantial (500 words minimum), supported with scholarly evidence from your research and/or the Learning Resources, and properly cited using APA Style. Personal anecdotes are acceptable as part of a meaningful post but cannot stand alone as the entire post.