INDIVIDUAL FIELD TRIP, ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION PAPER
Analyzing and applying a nursing theory or conceptual model
Attend a support group meeting in your community, such as a 12-step program or a cancer support group. Following the meeting, discuss the following questions in the paper, explaining your response and supporting it with literature.
Nursing practice encompasses care of both well and sick people.
o Are the members of this group well or sick?
o Are the members? participants in nursing care?
o If yes, are they participants in nursing care as individuals, as families, or as a community?
Apply a nursing model or theory to guide nursing care of the people who attend this support group.