Identify your specialty area (Family Nurse Practitioner) of NP practice. Select a nursing theory, borrowed theory, or interdisciplinary theory provided in the lesson plan or one of your own findings. provide an example how the theory could be used to improve or evaluate the quality of practice in your specific setting. What rationale can you provide that validates the theory as applicable to the role of the nurse practitioner.

Preparing the Assignment
Identify your specialty area (Family Nurse Practitioner) of NP practice. Select a nursing theory, borrowed theory,
or interdisciplinary theory provided in the lesson plan or one of your own findings. Address the following:
Origin
Meaning and scope
Logical adequacy
Usefulness and simplicity
Generalizability
Testability
Finally, provide an example how the theory could be used to improve or evaluate the quality of practice in your
specific setting. What rationale can you provide that validates the theory as applicable to the role of the nurse
practitioner.
Integration of Evidence:
The student post provides support from a minimum of one scholarly in-text citation with a matching reference
and assigned readings or online lessons, per discussion topic per week.
What is a scholarly resource?
A scholarly resource is one that comes from a professional, peer-reviewed publication (e.g., journals and
government reports such as those from the FDA or (CDC).
Contains references for sources cited
Written by a professional or scholar in the field and indicates credentials of the author(s)
Is no more than 5 YEARS OLD for clinical or research articles
What is not considered a scholarly resource?
Newspaper articles and layperson literature (e.g., Readers Digest, Healthy Life Magazine, Food, and Fitness)
Information from Wikipedia or any wiki
Textbooks
Website homepages
The weekly lesson
Articles in healthcare and nursing-oriented trade magazines, such as Nursing Made Incredibly Easy and RNMagazine (Source: What is a scholarly article.docx; Created 06/09 CK/CL Revised: 02/17/11, 09/02/11
nlh/clm)
Can the lesson for the week be used as a scholarly source ?

Information from the weekly lesson can be cited in a posting; however, it is not to be the sole source used in the
post.
Are resources provided from CU acceptable sources (e.g., the readings for the week)?
Not as a sole source within the post. The textbook and/or assigned (required) articles for the week can be used,
but another outside source must be cited for full credit. Textbooks are not considered scholarly sources for the
purpose of discussions.
Are websites acceptable as scholarly resources for discussions?
Yes, if they are documents or data cited from credible websites. Credible websites usually end in .gov or edu
however, some .org sites that belong to professional associations (e.g., American Heart Association, National
League for Nursing, American Diabetes Association) are also considered credible websites. Websites ending
with .com are not to be used as scholarly resources.