Take My Liberty NURS 715 Class

Liberty's catalog sets NURS 715 the task of examining what nursing theory is and how it develops, then using it in practice, in practice change and in scholarship, with advanced clinical judgment applied to designing and evaluating evidence-based care.

In the published course guide, Module/Week 1 introduces the DNP role and the place of theory, with the checklist, introductions and Discussion Board Forum 1 worth 100 points. Modules/Weeks 2 and 3 study middle range theories in Smith and Liehr and ask for a theory presentation in two parts, 100 points each, using self-identified scholarly sources.

Module/Week 4 turns to Shelly and Miller and asks for the Personal Philosophy of Nursing Paper, worth 200. Module/Week 5 brings Forum 2, built on the whole of Shelly and Miller.

Module/Week 6 asks for an outline of the Theory Guided Practice Paper and Module/Week 7 for the paper itself, worth 200. Module/Week 8 closes with a Professional Statement worth 100, drawn from Chism's chapter on the DNP graduate's future.

The class turns on two choices made early: a middle range theory and a practice problem. The coordinator asks about your specialty and setting, then the writer proposes two or three theories that fit, such as Kolcaba's comfort theory for a palliative nurse, self-efficacy for a diabetes educator or transitions theory for a care coordinator.

Once you agree, the theory presentation is built in two parts, the first explaining the theory's origins, concepts and propositions and the second showing it applied in research and practice. Both are ready a week before Module/Week 2 and Module/Week 3.

Because the philosophy paper must sound like you, it begins with a few questions on why you chose nursing, how you see persons, health and environment, and where faith enters your care. Your answers become the spine of the paper.

The theory-guided practice paper reuses the chosen theory to frame your practice problem, so the outline in Module/Week 6 and the paper in Module/Week 7 build on what you already presented. The professional statement closes the course from the same materials. Forums are drafted from the prompts, and replies follow classmates' posts.

NURS 715 is written by a nurse with a PhD or DNP who teaches theory in graduate programs and has used a middle range theory to frame a DNP project or a study. The writer knows Smith and Liehr's theories well enough to choose one that genuinely fits your problem rather than forcing a fit.

The writer also knows the DNP Essentials and the role literature in Chism and in Zaccagnini and White, so the professional statement speaks the language of doctoral practice.

For the faith elements of the course, the writer draws on Shelly and Miller's Called to Care, which frames nursing as ministry, and on Scripture where a prompt asks for it, written plainly and sincerely.

Before delivery, another nurse with a doctorate reads the philosophy paper and the theory-guided practice paper to confirm the theory is described faithfully and the reasoning is sound.

Your employer and patients are never named. Where an example from practice helps, it is described in general terms or drawn from your notes with every identifying detail removed.

The first sticking point is the abstraction. Many DNP students have not read theory since their MSN and find concepts, propositions and assumptions slippery. Theory presentations then summarize the theorist's biography and stop short of explaining how the theory works.

The second is choosing a theory. Grand theories such as Orem's or Roy's are familiar but often too broad for a practice problem, while the course centers on middle range theory. A poor choice in Module/Week 2 follows you into the practice paper in Module/Week 7.

The third is the personal philosophy paper, worth 200 points. Students either write a list of beliefs without connecting them to nursing's metaparadigm, or write about theory in general without saying what they personally believe.

The fourth is the theory-guided practice paper, where the theory must actually guide the proposed change. A paper that describes a problem, names a theory in one paragraph and then ignores it loses most of its points.

The last is the professional statement, which asks you to describe your future as a DNP graduate without repeating your résumé. It works best when it builds on the philosophy and the practice paper.

Hand over NURS 715 before Module/Week 1, and the theory can be chosen while you write your introduction. The first presentation part is ready before Module/Week 2, the second before Module/Week 3, and the philosophy paper by the middle of Module/Week 3, a full week before it is due.

The second half follows the same rhythm: Forum 2 before Module/Week 5, the outline before Module/Week 6, the full practice paper at the start of Module/Week 6, after the outline's grade where possible, and the professional statement in Module/Week 7.

Because nearly every point is written, the quote for NURS 715 covers more than in exam-heavy courses. It lists each item with its Module/Week and its share of the figure, and only the checklist and introduction are left off.

If you have already presented Part I, send it with your professor's comments. The plan continues with the same theory and prices only the items that remain.

Students who take NURS 716 next often keep the same writer, since the practice problem from Module/Week 7 can become the clinical question in the evidence-based care course.