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"Focused on cultivating the next generation of scholars, this highly respected classic demystifies theory, charts strategies to use in developing and advancing theory, and provides tools and best practices in evaluating progress in the discipline. Based on the feedback of nursing students, this edition was updated to be more accessible without losing the necessary rigor to foster critical thinking. Meleis provides a developmental and historical review...
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This 9th edition provides an easy to read, highly practical, broad overview of the nursing profession, addressing philosophical, developmental, sociocultural, environmental, political, health care delivery, and leadership issues vital for career enhancement. The author covers professional nursing roles and client care issues and presents strategies to deal with the emotional and ethical dimensions of professional practice.
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Human Caring Science: A Theory of Nursing, Second Edition by renowned nurse theorist Jean Watson discusses the balance between science and caring that forms the basis of the nursing profession. Watson's Theory of Human Care draws from Western and Eastern philosophers, approaching the human care relationship as a moral concept. Further, it seeks to elucidate the human care process in nursing, preserve humanity and the inner life of patients, and reintroduce...
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Theory and reasoning in nursing focuses on helping to develop the strong reasoning skills necessary for competent and caring practice, the fourth edition demonstrates the interconnections between theory, reasearch, and practice. The authors help you understand theory--what it is, how it supports nurses and their practice, and how they can use it to answer clinical questions and care for patients more effectively.--From back cover of book.
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"Theoretical content can be difficult to understand. The material in this textbook is presented in language that is familiar to students and practicing nurses with a focus on application to nursing practice in the context of the nursing process. In addition, a new chapter has been included that explains many of the non-nursing theories that have been foundational in the development of nursing theory"--Cover.
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An exploration of nursing theory and its development, this text aims to provide a foundation for the understanding of the development of nursing theory and its links with research. This edition includes information on socio-political knowledge and updated information on theory development.
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In recent years, the human values at the heart of the nursing profession seem to have become sidelined by an increased focus on managerialist approaches to health care provision. Nursing's values are in danger of becoming marginalised further precisely because that which nursing does best - providing care and helping individuals through the human trauma of illness - is difficult to measure, and therefore plays little, if any, part in official accounts...
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Table of Contents: Nursing theory and the discipline of nursing A guide for the study of nursing theories for practice Choosing, evaluating, and implementing nursing theories for practice Florence Nightingale's legacy of caring and its applications Early conceptualizations about nursing Nurse-patient relationship theories Dorothy Johnson's behavioral system model and its applications Dorothea Orem's self-care deficit nursing theory Imogene King's...
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"A classic text is back with fresh, comprehensive nursing theories, critiques, and philosophies. Nursing Theorists and Their Work, 9th Edition provides you with an in-depth look at 39 theorists of historical, international, and significant importance. This new edition has been updated with an improved writing style, added case studies, critical thinking activities, and in-depth objective critiques of nursing theories that help bridge the gap between...
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"Understanding the Work of Nursing Theorists, Third Edition presents the difficult concepts of nursing theory through the use of art. While most theory texts are complex and more detailed than what is needed for students at an introductory level of theory, this text offers a different approach to teaching and learning nursing theory. Definitions and basic concepts are presented along with a brief overview of a selection of common nursing theories....
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Built on the foundations of Watson's Caring Science, this text demonstrates how nursing professionals can develop virtual relationships that encompass caring and understanding in a professional, teaching/learning, and everyday cyber communications. Specific practices are offered for teachers, students, and professionals to support caring in a digital world, and examples of online caring initiatives from personal to global represent ways to create...
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"A Contemporary Nursing Process re-envisions the practice of nursing by configuring caring in terms of the person the nurse cares for. Locsin and Purnell stress the importance of knowing the patient, and differentiating the person from the disease. This text addresses this highly relevant issue, and provides a wealth of insight on how to care for the patient on a personal level, while still professionally administering clinical treatment."--Publisher's...
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This resource in the field of nursing theory provides an in-depth look at 49 theorists of historical, international, and significant importance. Each chapter features a presentation of a key nursing philosophy or theory. Case studies and critical thinking activities help bridge the gap between theory and application. A case study at the end of each theorist chapter puts the theory into a larger perspective, explaining how the information can be applied...
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From an emphasis on symptoms to a search for pattern. From viewing disease and disruption as negative to viewing them as part of the self-organizing process of expanding consciousness. From viewing the nursing role as addressing the problems of disease to helping people get in touch with their own patterns of expanding consciousness. One of nursing's foremost theorists, Margaret A. Newman, expands her theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness, a...
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"A concise, accessible introduction to the development, application and evaluation of nursing theories, this new edition of Fundamentals of Nursing Models, Theories & Practice provides a thorough overview of the body of knowledge on the topic, and a clear outline of their relevance to everyday nursing practice. Linking the development of theory to practice, this full-updated text features learning outcomes, key concept summaries and reflective exercises...
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"The fourth edition of this invaluable publication on middle range theory in nursing reflects the most current theoretical advances in the field. With five additional chapters, new content incorporates exemplars that bridge middle range theory to advanced nursing practice. Additional content for DNP programs includes two new theories: Bureaucratic Caring and Self-Care of Chronic Illness. This user-friendly text stresses how theory informs practice...
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This is a core resource for nursing educators and students at all levels who seek fundamental perspectives on the art and science of caring. The text comprises 37 classic book chapters and journal articles written by leaders in the field and illuminate the evolution of the caring paradigm--from its beginnings as a philosophical/ethical/theoretical guide to nursing, to implications for the future development of caring science. Co-published with the...
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