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Contemporary Nursing Knowledge: Analysis and Evaluation of Nursing Models and Theories
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Title Details
3rd Ed.
2013 © F. A. Davis Company
Susan Desanto-Madeya PhD, RN; Jacqueline Fawcett PhD, FAAN
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-2765-9
Nursing, Nursing Education
Additional Details
What is nursing? What do nurses do? How do you define it?
The 3rd Edition of this AJN Book-of-the-Year Award-Winner helps you answer those questions with a unique approach to the scientific basis of nursing knowledge. Using conceptual models, grand theories, and middle-range theories as guidelines you will learn about the current state and future of nurse educators, nurse researchers, nurse administrators, and practicing nurses.
In this e-book version the bonus CD-ROM information is delivered electronically and covers conceptual model and theory-based practice applications, practice tools, research applications, and research instruments, as well as a complete bibliography and lists of additional resources to help you study.
Key Features:
- • CD-ROM (CD-ROM info is available electronically in this e-book) features conceptual model- and theory-based practice applications, practice tools, research applications, and research instruments, as well as each chapter's bibliography.
- • An overview and list of key terms at the beginning of each chapter provides a quick preview of the essential content.
- • A consistent nursing process format for each conceptual model and theory help you understand how it is actually used in practice.
- • Strategies demonstrate how to implement each nursing model and theory in clinical nursing practice.
- • The most current bibliography includes published literature on conceptual models and theories—with yearly updates on DavisPlus.
- • Quotations from primary sources represent each theorist’s work, avoiding confusing or inaccurate interpretations of their intent.
- • Tables feature applications to practice and research listed according to development stage, medical diagnosis, and practice setting, and health focus.
New to this Edition:
- • NEW! New co-author, Susan DeSanto-Madeya.
- • EXPANDED! A greater focus on practice and research.
- • NEW! Continuing case study in each conceptual model or theory chapter that follows a fictional multi-generational, culturally diverse family to demonstrate its application to practice and research.
- • UPDATED & EXPANDED! Streamlined two-color design with new and revised illustrations of each nursing model and theory in nursing practice.
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