NR 501 Week 5 Assignment-Annotated Bibliography Social Cognitive Theory Article 3 

Hellier S, Davidson L. Team Teaching in Nursing Education. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. 2018 04;49(4):186-92.

Summary: This article researches the effectiveness of co-education and co-learning. Many nursing programs utilize simulation case studies and hands-on education to obtain a nursing degree so that the students know what to do in front of a patient interaction. The article identifies team teaching as a massive success in nursing students’ progress and success. Social Cognitive Theory emphasizes the importance of social context when learning. Social cognitive theory supports using team teaching as it is essential for students to learn behaviors or to see behaviors not to have, which is easily accomplished with team teaching.

Relates to theory: This article relates to this theory because it identifies how to use social cognitive theory. It identifies using team teaching and co-learning to use social cognitive theory. This week’s learning identifies Social Cognitive Theory as being able to learn and gain experience through others’ successes and failures. The article identifies co-learning as a way to use social cognitive theory, which would be working together as a team and learning from each other, as the report states.

NP practice: As a nurse practitioner, it is essential to watch your mentors and learn from your experiences and the experiences of others to be as well-rounded as possible and successfully practice. Learning from others is inevitable if you’re dedicated to learning and growing as a provider. It is something that naturally happens. This theory can be used as a nurse practitioner as we are constantly learning from co-workers and mentors, and learning from other’s successes and failures allows an individual to provide better care as a provider by using what they’ve learned from personal experiences and the experiences of others. This article goes into depth regarding the need for co-learning and team teaching and its positive effects on students. Behavior modification is also a significant component of social cognitive theory. Behavior modifications include self-monitoring and setting small goals that can be achieved. This is important for a newly practicing nurse practitioner to understand and use when self-reflecting on patient care.

Article 4 

Lin, -C. (2016) Impact of nurses’ cross-cultural competence on nursing intellectual capital from a social cognitive theory perspective. Journal of Advanced Nursing 72( 5), 1144– 1154. doi: 10.1111/jan.12901

Summary: This article explores cross-cultural competence in nursing from a social cognitive theory perspective. The report identifies that using social cognitive theory; we can explain the effects of environmental factors and personal cognition on behavioral outcomes. The article describes the approach as involving a psychological pattern of human behavior that defines individual behavior as a reciprocal interaction between environment and personal cognition.

Relates to theory: This article relates to this theory because social cognitive theory can be incorporated in many different ways, such as the relationship between cross-cultural nurses and how this affects nursing as a unit. Social cognitive theory explains that personal behavior is affected by organizational climate and individual cognition.

NP practice: This article relates to the nursing practice because, as a well-rounded nurse practitioner, it is essential to be culturally open-minded and understanding. Understanding different cultures and culturally sound to create trustworthy relationships with their patients is dire.

Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change

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Liu, K. , Kueh, Y. C., Arifin, W. N., Kim, Y., & Kuan, G. (2018). Application of Transtheoretical Model on Behavioral Changes, and Amount of Physical Activity Among University’s Students. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02402

Summary: This article describes four core constructs of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavioral Change: self-efficacy, decisional balance, and change processes.

The transtheoretical model of behavioral change shows that individuals attempting to change their health behavior might experience a series of stages of readiness for change, including pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. The article describes how this theory applie