Theory is going to kill me!

Nursing Students Post Graduate

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:uhoh21: Ok, not literally, but come on...how much theory do I really need? I do understand it's usefulness to a point, but it is just not something that I can really wrap my hands around, you know? Anyone else struggling with this kind of thing. I just keep telling myself that I need to "jump through these hoops", then the non theory classes will really get rolling and so will clinicals. Now if I could just stop dreading the THESIS...

Chopper

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

The theory is the hardest for me to wade through - mostly because its so obtuse and nebulous! I'm more cut and dried: you have a problem, I'll fix it or find someone that can.

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Stop fighting it and relax. Theory can guide you in your practice...how you view the person, the system, their world... and what you can do to help them.

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zenman is right. just relax and try to go with the flow.

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Specializes in ACNP-BC.

I know theory is supposed to help us out in our critical thinking and in our practice, but I agree that it is not the easiest thing to study nor the most exciting! :)

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Thanks guys, I know what you mean...it just seems like a lot right now. I do understand the benefits and it can open your eyes to how you could have handled things differently in a given situation and hopefully utilize in further encounters. The reading just doesn't allow for a quick read, you know? That's how it goes, thanks for the "pep talk"!

Chopper

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

You know as a new APN - I use much more of my nursing experience then I what I learned in school.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.
Thanks guys, I know what you mean...it just seems like a lot right now. I do understand the benefits and it can open your eyes to how you could have handled things differently in a given situation and hopefully utilize in further encounters. The reading just doesn't allow for a quick read, you know? That's how it goes, thanks for the "pep talk"!

Chopper

I'm teaching a nursing theory course this semester and I am appalled at the quality of the textbooks available! As a long-time staff development instructor, I am accustommed to approaching a topic (and my students) with the idea of "selling" them on the topic. I want the students to appreciate the material -- and I certainly don't want them to be miserable and hate the class.

Someone needs to write a better textbook. If I ever win the lottery so that I don't have to work full time, maybe I'll do that. But in the meantime, this Associate Professor is hating the reading as much as her students!

llg

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someone lent me there copy of fawcett's book, i found it most helpful, better than the text selected i purchased it.

http://www.fadavis.com/online_store/catalog/catalog_detail.cfm?&publication_id=2042&cfid=3280871&cftoken=62237238

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zenman is right. just relax and try to go with the flow.

"Going with the flow" is a probably a theory in itself! :)

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Thank goodness I'm not the only one...my patho class is great, and I'm struggling with this theory!!

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"Going with the flow" is a probably a theory in itself! :)

well, then I need my own chapter in a theory book somewhere. because that is what I live and breathe by....by necessity.

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