Theory of the Nurse as Wounded Healer Presentation
Theory of the Nurse as Wounded Healer Presentation
Goal:
Identify the tenets and application of a nursing theory. Discuss the impact of the identified nursing theory on evidence-based practice.
Your presentation should include the following:
– Identify the nurse theory selected.
– Provide an overview of the concepts of the nursing theory.
– Analyze the application of the selected nursing theory for evidence-based practice.
– Provide recommendations for application of selected nursing theory
Submission Instructions:
- Presentation is original work and logically organized in current APA style. Incorporate a minimum of 4 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
- Power point presentation with 8 -10 slides, excluding the tile slide and the reference slide.
- The presentation is clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
- Speaker notes expanded upon and clarified content on the slides.
Theory of the Nurse as Wounded Healer Team Presentation The Nursing theory and Theoretician Marion Conti-O’Hare psychiatric and mental health Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Theory of the Nurse as Wounded Healer based on personal experience and expertise (Conti-O’Hare, 2002). Nursing has a cause-and-effect relationship with wounds Background of the Theory Curing is relief from illness while healing is becoming whole again Curing has roots in cura meaning relief (Conti-O’Hare, 2002). Healing has roots in hal meaning to make whole Wounds propel nurses to practice, healing increases effectiveness Concepts of the Theory Transcendence is the precursor to Healing Transcending involves rising above the pain and hurt as a snake sheds its skin (Conti-O’Hare, 2002) Healing augments effectiveness as a nurse (Ratrout & Hamdan-Mansour, 2017). Failure to heal Affects the Quality of life for nurses Concepts of the Theory Cont’d Inability to heal effectively leads to lateral wounding and ineffective nursing A perpetually wounded nurse will hurt other nurses and create a toxic working environment (Whittle, 2020). A healed nurse will empathize and be more effective in treating patients (Ward, 2017). References Conti-O’Hare, M. (2002). The nurse as wounded healer: From trauma to transcendence. Jones & Bartlett Learning. Ratrout, H. F., & Hamdan-Mansour, A. M. (2017). Factors associated with secondary traumatic stress among emergency nurses: An integrative review. Open Journal of Nursing, 7(11), 1209-1226. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojn.2017.711088 Ward, B. D. (2017). Nurse Resilience: Implications on Critical Care Nurse Shortage and Proposed Intervention. Doctor of Nursing Practice, Grand Canyon University Whittle, S. N. (2020). Reducing the Second Victim Phenomenon: Promoting Healing with Caritas Coaching. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects. 196. https://repository.usfca.edu/dnp/196