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Running Head: INCORPORATING THEORY 1

INCORPORATING THEORY 2

Incorporating Theory

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The theory selected to support my proposed solution is the need theory. The theory is suitable to the proposed solution because of the fact that the theory insists on the importance of increasing the patient’s independence in order to provide a continued healing process after they are hospitalized. Since the research is looking at patients who are already hospitalized, reaching the proposed solutions will be found if the need theory is applied when finding the solution.

The need theory works to support the proposed solution using its four major concepts, the individual, the environment, health and nursing. In this case the individuals are the hospitalized patients above 55 years, the environment is the hospital, health is the condition of the patient and nursing refers to the health care providers. It looks at the patients needs while they are hospitalized, then it looks at the unique patterns this individuals are learning while in this environment in order to live while they get basic nursing care to ensure a health life. All this is present in theory through its four categories of nursing activities, physiological, psychological, spiritual and social.

The theory will be incorporated into the project in different ways. First it is important to know that the theory is based on the fourteen components that are based on human need that sum up the nursing activities namely; breathing normally, eliminating body waste , moving and maintaining good posture, sleep and rest, selecting clothing, maintaining body temperature, being clean, avoiding danger, communication, worshiping, working, taking part in physical activities and learning (George, 2005).These components represent the holistic part of nursing activities that cover physiological, psychological, spiritual and social. Since the proposed solutions lie under these four categories, then the theory will be incorporated in the project using the four categories.

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George B. Julia. (2005). Nursing Theories- The base for professional Nursing Practice. Norwalk: Appleton and Lange.