Nursing Theory - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 5th Edition

by Martha Raile Alligood, RN, PhD, ANEF

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

ISBN: 9780323091879

Publication Date: 08-21-2013

Page Count: 488

Imprint: Mosby

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With a consistent focus on application throughout, Nursing Theory: Utilization & Application, 5th Edition covers the development of nursing theory; the application of different nursing theories, models and philosophies; and the expansion of these practices with a look toward the future. This text provides the opportunity for students who have learned the background of nursing theory using the companion title, Nursing Theorists and Their Work, to apply what they have learned to actual nursing practice through various patient scenarios.

New to This Edition
- Updated nursing application examples feature realistic scenarios that promote evidence-based practice. Scenarios have been updated using references to current literature and evidence-based clinical research.
- New information on the benefits and cautions associated with evidence-based practice, including a new discussion of "praxis," a dynamic process where theory and practice come together.
- Updated critical thinking exercises reflect the role of the nursing professional and advanced nursing practice, encouraging a higher level of thinking regarding the integration of theory and practice.
Key Features
- NEW! QSEN competencies incorporated throughout the book show the correlation between nursing theories and the importance of patient safety and quality improvement.
- Critical thinking exercises provide a more application-based approach rather than just contemplation of theories presented.
- NEW! Nursing Care sections demonstrate how theories apply to certain situations and particular types of nurses.
- NEW! Nursing theory timeline helps students place different nursing theories and theorists in history, illustrating the progression of the content.
- Chapters written by contributors who utilize the work offer a unique approach to using theory in practice.
- Real-life case history example included in application chapters promotes evidence-based practice and further demonstrates how a theory is used in practical situations.
- Nursing metaparadigm discussion illustrates the four center concepts with which the discipline is concerned to help your students see the scope of concern for the profession.
- Logical organization presents content in three distinct parts for a student-friendly approach to teaching.
- NEW! Fresh design helps students visually identify the text’s relationship with its Nursing Theorists companion.
- Glossary offers your students quick access to key terms throughout the text.
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Contents
PART I: CONCEPTUALIZATION
1. The Nature of Knowledge Needed for Nursing Practice
2. Nursing Models: Normal Science for Nursing Practice
3. Philosophies, Models, and Theories: Critical Thinking Structures
4. Philosophies, Models, and Theories: Moral Obligations
5. Nightingale’s Philosophy in Nursing Practice
6. Watson’s Philosophy in Nursing Practice
7. Benner’s Philosophy in Nursing Practice
8. Johnson’s Behavioral System Model in Nursing Practice
9. King’s Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment in Nursing Practice
10. Levine’s Conservation Model in Nursing Practice
11. Neuman’s Systems Model in Nursing Practice
12. Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory in Nursing Practice
13. Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings in Nursing Practice
14. Roy’s Adaptation Model in Nursing Practice
15. Orlando’s Nursing Process Theory in Nursing Practice
16. Modeling and Role-Modeling Theory in Nursing Practice
17. Mercer’s Becoming a Mother Theory in Nursing Practice
18. Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality in Nursing Practice
19. Parse’s Theory of Human Becoming in Nursing Practice
20. Newman’s Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness in Nursing Practice
21. Areas for Further Development of Theory-Based Nursing Practice
22. Nursing Philosophies, Models, and Theories: A Focus on the Future
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Index
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Martha Raile Alligood, RN, PhD, ANEF, Professor Emeritus School of Nursing East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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