Professional Roles and Values

Western Governors University

A. Nursing Theory

Nursing theories help guide the nursing discipline in terms of concepts and its purposes (Wayne, 2019). One particular nursing theory that resonated with me is that of Patricia Benner about the concept of being a novice and eventually an expert. It states that from theory to practice, a nurse continually becomes an expert through experience and how these learnings are vital for building clinical expertise (Olin, 2011). A1. Excellent Nursing Practices Ultimately, the novice to expert theory builds on basic nursing principles while allowing for excellent nursing practices in the future by encouraging nurses to refine their knowledge about the practice and how education with...