This original and thought-provoking book provides new insight into the role of theory within nursing practice. It is rooted in the real-world of practice and explores how theory and learning manifest in the nursing workplace. The book takes a fresh look at the major issues of concern in nursing and innovatively contextualises these within nursing theory. It serves to move the conversation forward leading to a better appreciation of how nurses constantly learn, theorise and develop. Key Features: Takes practice as the starting point and explores how theory, learning and practice relate to each other Based on the authors' primary research exploring how nurses theorise and learn in the practice environment A fully original contribution offering fresh perspectives that advance the nursing theory discourse It is an ideal book for nursing students wanting to better understand how theory can help them to learn and develop, practicing nurses looking to enhance their ongoing professional development as well as anyone involved with nursing education and research.
Vital Notes for Nurses: Nursing Models, Theories and Practice provides a concise, accessible introduction to the development, application and evaluation of nursing theories and clearly outlines their relevance to everyday nursing practice.
The resultant theories are normally generated inductively by researchers who realise that within nursing practice ... (1992) claimed that since nursing practice predates nursing research, it makes a sound foundation for theorising.
In all, nearly 10 middle-range theories are presented. New to this edition is a selection in each chapter about research supporting the theories discussed.
Although research conducted to date has been mainly confined to single-study investigations rather than research ... a longitudinal study over 15 weeks to examine the fittingness of the HAPA in explaining the performance of BSE.
This is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of nursing addressing the nursing theory and skills specific to clients' and patients' needs.
Practical and unique, Chinn and Kramer's Integrated Theory and Knowledge Development in Nursing, 8th Edition helps you understand how nursing theory and patterns of knowing complement each other to assist any nurse in making choices in ...
Upon her return to London, she eventually established the Nightingale School of Nursing at St. Thomas's Hospital, which was the beginning of professional nursing (Donahue, 1985). Nightingale expressed her views about nursing in many ...
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335; Phillips & Harris, 2014, p. 303). Roy developed the basic concepts of her model while she was a graduate student at the University of California–Los Angeles aer being challenged by Dorothy Johnson in a seminar to develop a ...