This assignment is designed to help you conceptualize your thoughts about theory and determine if they are actually advancing nursing and guiding practice.

Reflect on the information you learned in this course and determine whether you think current theories and models advance the nursing discipline by guiding practice.

Summarizes your position on nursing theory as it relates to supporting and driving contemporary nursing practice.

Provide rationale and evidence based support for your stance with links to nursing practice and health care systems.

Discuss specific connections you have found with theory and conceptual models that connect to your practice.

Describe how you can use theory and conceptual models to drive your future practice.

Cite at least five scholarly references in APA format.

Format your assignment as a 1,050 to 1,200 word APA formatted paper.