In a 2015 article titled “The Current Status of Theory Evaluation in Nursing by Eun-Ok Im published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing ,71 (10), 2268-2278, In a review of 58 published nursing theory evaluation papers between 2003-2015 found only 6 studies actually used a set of existing evaluation criteria. Your text offers a number of established methods for theory analysis and evaluation.

Select a grand or mid range theory from your Smith (2020) textbook.

1. What is the purpose of evaluation a nursing theory
2. What is your rationale for selecting the particular theory
3. Select a method for theory analysis from the Chapter I uploaded below.
4. Describe each of the steps of the method you selected, define each step in the method
5. What are the strengths and the weaknesses of the theory you selected based on your evaluation of the theory