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Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice

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This book offers the perspective that nursing theory is essentially connected with nursing practice, research, education, and development. Nursing theories, regardless of complexity or abstraction, reflect nursing and are used by nurses to frame their thinking, action, and being in the world. As guides for nursing endeavors, nursing theories are practical in nature and facilitate communication with those being nursed as well as with colleagues, students, and persons practicing in related health and illness services. At the same time, all aspects of nursing are essential for developing and evolving nursing theory. It is hoped that these pages make clear the interrelations of nursing theory and various nursing endeavors, and that the discipline and practice of nursing will thus be advanced.

This very special book is intended to honor the work of nursing theorists and nurses who use these theories in their day-to-day nursing care, by reflecting and presenting the unique contributions of eminent nursing thinkers and doers of our lifetimes. Our foremost nursing theorists have written for this book, or their work has been described by nurses who have thorough knowledge of the work of the theorist and deep respect for the theorist as person, nurse, and scholar. Indeed, to the extent possible, contributing authors have been selected by theorists to write about their theoretical work. The pattern for each chapter was developed by each author or team of authors according to their individual thinking and writing styles, as well as the scientific perspectives of the chapter. This freedom of format has helped to encourage the latest and best thinking of contributing authors; several authors have shared the insight that in preparing a chapter for this book, their work has become more full and complete.

This book is intended to assist nursing students in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs to explore and appreciate nursing theories and their use in nursing practice. In addition and in response to calls from practicing nurses, this book is intended for use by those who desire to enrich their practice by the study of nursing theories and related illustrations of nursing practice and scholarship. The first section of the book provides an overview of nursing theory and a focus for thinking about evaluating and choosing nursing theory for use in nursing practice. An outline at the beginning of each chapter provides a map for the chapter. Selected points are highlighted in each chapter and space for notes is provided. The book concludes with an appendix of nursing theory resources. An instructor’s manual has been prepared for this book; it reflects the experiences of many who have both met the challenges and have had such a good time teaching and learning nursing theory in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs.

The design of this book highlights work of nurses who were thinking and writing about nursing up to fifty years ago or more. Building, then, as now, on the writing of Florence Nightingale, these nurse scholars have provided essential influences for the evolution of nursing theory. These influences can be seen in the theory presentations in the section of the book that includes the nursing theories that are most in use today. The last section of this book features two theorists who initially developed nursing theories at the middle range. These scholars describe processes and perspectives on theory development, giving us views of the future of nursing theory as we move into the twenty-first century. Each chapter of the book includes both descriptions of a particular theory and the use of the theory in nursing practice, research, education, administration, or governance.

For the latest and best thinking of some of nursing’s finest scholars, all nurses who read and use this book will be grateful. For the continuing commitment of these scholars to our discipline and practice of nursing, we are all thankful. Continuing to learn and share what you love keeps the work and the love alive, nurtures the commitment, and offers both fun and frustration along the way. This has been illustrated in the enthusiasm for this book shared by many nursing theorists and contributing authors who have worked to create this book and by those who have added their efforts to make it live. For me, it has been a joy to renew friendships with colleagues who have joined me in preparing this book, and to find new friends and colleagues as contributing authors.

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Philadelphia : F. A. Davis Company., 2001

Deskripsi Fisik

RT84.5 .N8793; 610.73'01—dc21

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English

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0-8036-0604-4

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ILMU KEPERAWATAN

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