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Introduction

• Introduction to Dorsey and Murdaugh

Dorsey and Murdaugh are regarded as the representatives of social theories in the nursing sphere that created a great impact on nursing care and the profession.

• Biographical Information

Both Dorsey and Murdaugh have graduated with their respective levels of education, have a wide range of professional years of experience, and have notable achievements in the nursing profession (Jagoda, 2022).

• Rationale for Selection

The theory project was selected with Dorsey and Murdaugh due to the relevance of the articles and the fact that both articles have a critical issue regarding the nursing practice in the present day. The health behavior and promotion theories of Copeland help explain the possibility and potential of that; they are applicable to the objectives of this activity.

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Overview of Dorsey and Murdaugh’s Theories

• Scope of Theory (behavioral health and promotion)

The theories put forward by Dorsey and Murdaugh are focused (first of all) on behavioral health and its facilitation, and seek to find a nexus between the provided behaviors and social/cultural constructions and health (Garland, 2021).

• School of Thought (environmental advocacy)

This is congruent with the school of thought with respect to environmentalism, but considering the influence of social and cultural factors with regard to health-related behaviors.

• Central Concepts (self-efficacy, health beliefs, social support)

Theories revealed in the current paper can be linked to the theories presented by Dorsey and Murdaugh: self-efficacy, health beliefs, and social support are the main determinants in health behavior and health outcomes.

• Importance of Patient Empowerment and Patient-Provider Interaction

The theories of their conceptual frameworks stressed the importance of patient involvement alongside the encouragement of the active patient and physician relationship, focusing on the patient, as well as the enhancement of the patient’s quality of life in terms of health.

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Contributions of Dorsey and Murdaugh’s Theories

• Contributions to Nursing/Health Care

The health behavior theories illustrated by Dorsey and Murdaugh have contributed to the development of nursing and health care by providing useful information on how to transform the health trends of people towards a more desirable direction (Lewis et al., 2023). Their work adds to the knowledge of socio-cultural factors influencing health and assists in organizing previous knowledge into the practical, which results in successful outcomes.

• Key Publications

• “A guidebook to promote change in health behavior”.
• “Basic: Learning about Health Beliefs: Fundamentals of Patient-Centered Care”.
• “Nursing Practice ideas Social Support and Health”.

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Theory-Practice Connection/Application

• Concrete Examples of Theory-Practice Connection

The theories by Dorsey and Murdaugh find applications in other healthcare settings, including:

• Putting in place programs which can persuade or even make people choose to change their habits towards the better, say, by stopping smoking or exercising (Orsal & Ergun, 2021).
• Education to promote patient involvement in their treatment, and adherence to prescribed interventions: taking medications on a schedule or changing their diets.

• Application in Nursing Care Settings

The theories of Dorsey and Murdaugh are applied in the nursing care settings:

• Find out how patients perceive their chronic conditions and how they cope with them: belief in the condition, and perceived self-efficacy (Orsal & Ergun, 2021).
• Educate evidence-based practice that is patient-empowering, about the condition and control of their care.

•  Importance of Patient-Centered Care

• Based on the theories of Dorsey and Murdaugh, it is deduced that patient control and patient as an equal participant in the decision-making process result in a patient-centred paradigm of the caregiving process (Orsal & Ergun, 2021).
• These results imply that by taking high patient beliefs, preferences, and supportive structures into account when creating care plans, nurses can make the interventions they encourage the patients to follow more effective, thereby improving the outcomes of the patients.

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• Conclusion

In conclusion, evaluating the key concepts discussed by both Dorsey and Murdaugh, it can be seen that the former’s theories lay the foundation for supporting nursing practice by elaborating on the issues related to health behavior and promotion. These assist in the development of effective educational programs that are geared towards improving the quality of patient care and enhancing health. They apply to health behavior and health behavior promotion because their theories aid health behavior professionals in evaluating particular processes of interaction, and how social factors and the environment can impact healthy behaviors. In that way, by applying the principles based on these theories, nurses can improve or change health behaviors to prevent diseases.