MIDDLE RANGE THEORY OF INTERDISCIPLINARY THEORY 2
Middle Range or Interdisciplinary Theory Evaluation
Nurse researchers have widely used middle range theories from the 1970s. The
simplicity and the fewer concepts of t
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MIDDLE RANGE THEORY OF INTERDISCIPLINARY THEORY 2
Middle Range or Interdisciplinary Theory Evaluation
Nurse researchers have widely used middle range theories from the 1970s. The
simplicity and the fewer concepts of the middle range theories encourage the researchers to apply
them in the research. A middle range theory can emerge from the nursing practice or research,
from combining the literature, and can also be developed from grand theories (McEwen & Wills,
2014). Interdisciplinary theories from sociologic sciences, behavioral sciences, and biomedical
theories can also be used in nursing research (McEwen & Wills, 2014). The relevant theories
that are selected for any research study or application in the nursing practice must be evaluated
for the effectiveness (Fawcett & Garity, 2009).
This assignment will help me as a doctoral student to learn how to evaluate the middle
range theory or interdisciplinary theory for utilizing them in the nursing research.
Practice Problem
Uncontrolled type 2 Diabetes Mellitus leads to various complications that could be short
term or long term. In my workplace, there are many patients admitted with chronic disease
conditions. Their socio-economic status is low and has poor literacy. Most of the patients are
Hispanic. There is an increased number of readmissions among these patients. The readmissions
escalate the health care cost and reduce the reimbursements to the hospital. I would like to
conduct research about the impact of health literacy in improving the self-care in patients with
type 2 diabetes which will help in minimizing the readmissions.
There is rich evidence that the patients will be engaged in the self-care activities if they
have adequate health literacy and it will lead to effective glycemic control (Protheroe, Rowlands,
Bartlam, & Levin-Zamir, 2017). Poor health literacy about diabetes will lead to poor glycemic
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