Assignment: Essentials Of Nursing Research

Assignment: Essentials Of Nursing Research

Assignment: Essentials Of Nursing Research

Unit 4 Class Participation: Polit and Beck (2018), Chapter 3 or 7

1. The highest potential points for in-class participation are 5-points. Please use these guidelines for online  participation.

1. To earn points for weekly class participation, you must submit a one paragraph (100-125 words) summary of one of the required Polit and Beck (2018):

 Polit, D. E & Beck, C. T. (2018). Essentials of nursing research: Appraising evidence for nursing practice(9th. ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer  

1.  readings from each unit.
2. APA format is not required, but the material must be paraphrased, cited, and referenced. The citation and reference will always be Polit and Beck (2018). Include the page number(s) you found the material on in your citation.
3. Put your name, date, and unit number at the top of the paper, immediately followed by the summary and then the reference.
4. All of the above should be submitted on one page.

   Bandura incorporated the concept of self-efficacy into Social Learning Theory (now called Social Cognitive Theory) in 1977. The concept of self-efficacy refers to a person’s confidence in his or her ability to take action and to persist in that action to reach goals. The concept of self-efficacy can be important in influencing health behavior change (Bandura, 1997) and is frequently used by nurses engaged in health

   education and behavior modification. Nola Pender is a nurse theorist who identifies Social Learning Theory as central to her Health Promotion Model, with the concept of self-efficacy being included as a central construct of the model (Sakraida, 2014).

   Stress and Coping Process Theory Richard Lazarus suggested that stress might be an organizing concept for understanding a wide range of phenomena rather than a variable. Stress as conceptualized by Lazarus emphasizes the relationship of the person to the environment, with the judgment of whether a specific person–environment relationship is stressful dependent on cognitive appraisal (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). He identified three types of cognitive appraisal: primary, secondary, and reappraisal. Vulnerability is related to the concept of cognitive appraisal because the vulnerable individual is one whose coping resources are deficient (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). Patricia Benner credits Richard Lazarus with mentoring her in the area of stress and coping.