caregiver stress

Application of Nursing Theory to Practice Paper (35%): Maximum of 5 pages excluding title page and references. Do not include an abstract with this paper. Upload the paper including the title page and reference page(s) into the Assignment Link located in Unit 14 in Course Materials. Review the directions regarding Safe Assign on Blackboard, the minimum number of references for this paper is 6.

Reflect on your practice and select a problem that you are interested in. Select a nursing middle range theory from the following list that you could apply to the problem.
Health Promotion Model (Pender)
Uncertainty in Illness Theory (Mishel)
Theory of Comfort (Kolcaba)
Theory of Chronic Sorrow (Eakes, Burke, & Hainsworth)
Transitions Theory (Meleis) or situation specific Transitions Theory
Caregiver Stress (Tsai)

If the theory is situation specific, the problem you choose must be congruent with it. If you want to choose a nursing middle range theory that is not on the list, you must receive permission from the professor. Develop a paper that includes the following:

Introduction (20 points) – Briefly introduce the problem that you have identified in a few sentences. If appropriate add statistics (for example if the problem you identified is diabetes in teenagers, you might want to cite the prevalence of this problem). Follow this with a couple of sentences about the theory you chose to guide nursing interventions. Remember, in the introduction you want to grab the reader’s attention. End the introduction with a purpose statement (The purpose of this paper is to…).
Description of Theory (15 points) – Describe in detail the nursing middle range theory that you selected. This description must be accurate and in sufficient depth so that the reader will be able to understand important concepts and how they relate to one another. Use 2 or more primary sources to support the description of the theory.
Application of the Theory in Research and/or Practice (15 points) – Provide a brief overview of the literature that supports th