Presentation : Theory Usefulness

Objectives
1. Link pattens of knowing with nursing
research and practice
Critique the theory using the criteria of
accuracy, simplicity/complexity, scope,
acceptance socio-cultural utility.

Week 3/7
Each group member will post a voice over ppt
in the groups discussion board addressing an
overview of the theory, how the theory
defined the nursing paradigm concepts of
health, nursing, environment and person, and
abbreviated analysis of the theory (accuracy,
simplicity, scope, acceptance, socio-cultural
utility) The group will collaborate to
consolidate the presentations into 2-3 slides.

Overview of theory

How the theory defined the nursing

Paradigm concepts of:

Health
Nursing
Envinoment
person

Abbreviated Analysis of theory

Accuracy
Simplicity
Scope
Acceptance
Socio-cultural utility

http://www.washington.edu/research/pathbreakers/1979a.html
1979
Parent-Child Interaction
The research of nursing professor Kathryn Barnard over the past three decades on parent-child interactions has influenced thousands of lives. The
results of her work have been incorporated into a training program that has been delivered to health care professionals across the U.S. and in
countries all over the world.
Barnard's research arose from the recognition in the late 1960s of the importance of identifying children at risk as soon as possible for early
intervention. Children at risk are those with failure to thrive; seriously ill newborns, particularly premature babies; and children who have been
abused or neglected. Focusing on the ecology of early childhood development, Barnard has devised methods for assessing behaviors of children and
parents. She has identified the environmental factors that are critical to a child's well-being. Barnard's findings have demonstrated the importance of
parent-child interaction as a predictor of later cognitive and language development.
Methods developed in these studies, widely known as the Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training (NCAST) program, initially were taught in 1979
in a series of eight classes delivered via satellite to 19 cities in the western U.S. Over 600 nurses initially received training in the use of a series of tools
for assessing parent-child interactions during those sessions.
By 1995, there were 394 certified and active NCAST trainers distributed in almost every American state and in eleven foreign countries. Nearly
14,000 health care professionals have received training in use of the methods, which have been applied in many settings, including 40
Comprehensive Child Care Programs, the Memphis New Mothers Project, the Healthy Families America Movement, and projects promoted by the
National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse. Thousands of nurses, physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, nutritionists, occupational therapists, early
childhood educators, and social workers now use Barnard's concept of parent-child interaction and assessment methods as a routine part of their
daily practice.
NCAST has been established at the UW as a self-sustaining, non-profit program for academic and continuing education, and continues to incorporate
the results of ongoing research efforts of the UW team.
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Pathbreakers - Published November 1996