Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress

Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress
Inspire your students to be theoretical thinkers, innovative advocates, and agents for change.
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 of theoretical nursing and helps readers develop analytic skills and integrate knowledge into a coherent whole. By embarking on the journey of nursing theory, practicing nurses will find ways to improve everyday practice, as well as develop theories that capture their expertise.
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Highlights of the Sixth Edition
Key Topics
- Paradigms that influenced nursing thought, such as feminism and post-colonialism
- Nursing Theories, including need, interaction, and outcome theories
- Social and health care transitions and their influence on advancing nursing knowledge
- The most updated global definitions of the discipline of nursing and the future of nursing
- Critical discussions on how different classifications of theories may lead to productive explorations and explanations of the process of clinical judgment and decision making
Key Features
- New online journal articles and case studies give students an opportunity to apply theory to practice.
- Chapter-ending Reflective Questions expand studentsâ€™ understanding of theory and its impact on nursing today.
- Separate chapters covering Middle Range Theory and Situation-Specific Theory. This text is complemented by and frequently used with Peterson & Bredowâ€™s Middle Range Theories: Application to Nursing Research and Practice.
- A new two-column design that enhances readability.
Country USA
Brand Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Manufacturer LWW
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780060000424
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780060000424
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Manufacturer	LWW
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780060000424
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780060000424
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress

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