• 2nd Ed.
• 2005
• © F.A. Davis
• Jacquelin Fawcett PhD, FAAN
• 0803611943 / 9780803611948
• Nursing

 

Description

This resource presents updated information about, and guidelines for, the use of nursing models and theories for research, practice, administration and education. Its purposes are to clarify the confusion between conceptual models and theory and to provide an exhaustive compilation of the most current information about the various models and theories.

Features:

• • An overview and list of key terms for each chapter provides a quick preview of the essential content of each chapter
• • Includes the seven major conceptual models of nursing, the three major grand theories of nursing, and three      middle-range theories of nursing and how each is applied in diverse nursing research, nursing education, nursing      administration and nursing practice situations inside covers, providing immediate access to “must-have” vital-sign statistics,      lab values, and common equations.
• • Lists the nursing process format for each conceptual model and theory helps the students understand how it is actually      used in practice
• • Strategies show how to implement each nursing model and theory in clinical nursing practice, which address how these      models and theories are used in practice
• • Includes current reviews of published literature about the conceptual models and nursing theories

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Score/Specialty: 2.8 Nursing - Theory

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Quotes, Reviews or Testimonials

"This is a valuable and current resource of nursing knowledge development. It is one of the most in-depth and most comprehensive resources on nursing theory."

-- Vicki Moss, DNSc, MS, BSN, RN (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh) Doody's Review

Audience

This book is intended for all nurses and nursing students. It addresses nursing knowledge for research, administration, education, and practice. It is most suitable for graduate students, but it would be an excellent resource for undergraduates. The author is an internationally recognized leader in the area of conceptual models and nursing theory.

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