Breathing lessons: The life of mark o’Brien

Introduction:  By defining, describing, and analyzing concepts, nurse scholars can develop a better understanding of how events and experiences, important to advanced practice nursing, are related to other concepts. This understanding can be used to develop middle range theories which can focus nursing assessments and can be tested through research to develop evidence-based interventions.

Watch the film “Breathing Lessons: The Life of Mark O’Brien” as a case study which you can find on the internet. (Have your paper and pen ready) Make a list of all of the concepts that you identify as relevant to the care of Mark. (HINT: THIS LIST SHOULD BE CLOSE TO 10 OR 15 OR MORE CONCEPTS IF YOU ARE REALLY DRAWING ON ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE)Select from your list, three concepts that you believe are related and provide a conceptual definition of each concept based on a review of the literature.(HINT: SELECT THE CONCEPTS FROM THE LIST THAT FORM A CLINICAL QUESTION–WHAT CONCEPTS DO YOU THINK ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER? IS THERE ONE CONCEPT THAT YOU FEEL IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND THE TWO OTHER CONCEPTS RELATE TO THIS CONCEPT? FOR EXAMPLE, CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE DEPENDENT OR OUTCOME VARIABLE OF INTEREST AND THE TWO OTHER CONCEPTS ARE THE PREDICTOR VARIABLES IF WE ARE USING RESEARCH LANGUAGE?) USE THE LITERATURE TO DEFINE THE CONCEPT NOT THE DICTIONARY. IN REVIEWING THE CONCEPT IN THE LITERATURE YOU WILL DETERMINE HOW THE CONCEPT IS DEFINED AND PROVIDE A REFERENCE IN APA FORMAT.)Write a statement that:Names your middle range theory (HINT: Your theory’s name is often your dependent or outcome variable of interest, like I was interested in “Nurses’ Willingness to Care for AIDS Patients” so that was the name of my theory.Identifies the propositions or relationships among the concepts (HINT:IN A SENTENCE IDENTIFY HOW THE CONCEPTS RELATE TO EACH OTHER)–for example, “Nurses’ spirituality and social support are related to nurses’ willingness to care for AIDS patients.”Draw a conceptual map that illustrates how the concepts are related. (HINT:DRAW A PICTURE )Apply knowledge of the three concepts in formulating nursing assessment questions related to each of the concepts of your middle range theory. (HINT: THERE MUST BE AT LEAST THREE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS THAT ADDRESS EACH CONCEPT–STATE THE CONCEPT AND FOLLOW IT BY THE THREE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS. YOU WILL LOSE POINTS IF THE QUESTIONS ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO A CONCEPT AND JUST GROUPED TOGETHER).  (SECOND HINT: THE CONCEPTUAL DEFINITION AND YOUR REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE RELATED TO EACH CONCEPT MAY HELP YOU IDENTIFY ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS THAT ARE ANTECEDENTS TO THE CONCEPT, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONCEPT, OR OUTCOMES OF THE CONCEPT–THIS IS INFORMATION YOU WOULD GAIN IF YOU DID A FULL CONCEPT ANALYSIS BASED ON THE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE).  LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THREE POSSIBLE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL SUPPORT WHICH IS MY CONCEPT OF INTEREST–AN ANTECEDENT RELATED ASSESSMENT QUESTION MAY BE “DO YOU HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS?”  THE CHARACTERISTIC ASSESSMENT QUESTION MAY BE “DO YOU FEEL THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE YOU CAN TURN TO IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.” THE OUTCOME ASSESSMENT QUESTION OF SOCIAL SUPPORT  MAY BE “ARE YOU FEELING ALONE OR ARE YOU FEELING DEPRESSED?”Identify a published theory that may also be of value in guiding advanced practice nursing in the care of Mark O’Brien nursing based on the literature and your own scholarly thinking.  (Provide References).(PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THIS THEORY WOULD EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP OF YOUR SELECTED CONCEPTS IF POSSIBLE OR AT LEAST ONE OF THE CONCEPTS IN THE CARE OF MARK).Explain why you are a nurse theorist.(HINT: THIS IS WORTH 4 POINTS SO—REFLECT ON HOW YOU ARE ACTUALLY CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY RELATING CONCEPTS TOGETHER IN THE CARE OF YOUR PATIENTS AND HOW THEORY IS GUIDING YOUR CLINICAL CARE).