Need advice!

Have you ever utilized Becker's Health Belief Model? Not a nsg theorist, I think he was a Public Health epidemiologist.

Was soooo common sense in that he proscribed a theory that we all basically do in our private lives just about every day with every important decision we have to make. Like we all 'list all the PROs; list all the CONs, list all the obstacles', etc. And then at some point, we just do it (or not).

The part I like best about his theory was his 'Cue to Action'. It's that SOMETHING that just kicks the participant in the butt to undertake the particular activity.

I found it realistic and relevant. It fit my paper writings like an easy fitting glove.

Something along this line.

Good luck.

Actually, I came up with a 'just for LOL' nursing theory a couple of years ago during a discussion with some other educators... it is based on social media. We posited that people would become so media-oriented that nurses were going to have to tailor information & interventions to those platforms. As I recall, (we were a bit giggly at the time), we even were at the point of figuring out what types of apps would have the greatest influence on health beliefs - and whether there would be grant funding available. Then it got too late, so we had to call a halt to our creative stream of consciousness. Honestly, no ETOH involved.

But that's just an illustration of how you could get creative. Think about what motivates people today & how nurses would work within that sphere to influence health outcomes. Would your theory be focused on individuals or populations?