Philosophies and Theories for Advanced Nursing Practice, Fourth Edition provides an essential foundation of nursing models and interdisciplinary theories for nurses to build their own nursing philosophies. This text is beneficial for students who need an introductory understanding of philosophy as it explains how theory is constructed and is also suitable for learners and nurses seeking to analyze and apply that theory to advanced practice. Known as a comprehensive handbook for graduate nursing students and advanced practice nurses alike, the text incorporates middle range practice theory as well as interdisciplinary and nursing theories. Students will find a wealth of information to draw from for graduate projects, while APRNs will find research useful for patient care. New to the Fourth Edition: New chapter on public health theory related to pandemics, disaster nursing and environmental health crises Content related to health disparities and gender theory Revised case studies New comprehensive grid provides suggested applications for philosophies and theories in in research and clinical practice
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Newman, M., Neuman, B., & Fawcett, J. (2002). Guidelines for Neuman systems model-based education for the health professions. In The Neuman systems model (4th ed., pp. 191–215).
This text is appropriate for students needing an introductory understanding of philosophy and how a theory is constructed as well as students and nurses who understand theory at an advanced level.
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Now in its fourth edition, this text focuses on the knowledge base necessary to guide advanced nursing practice, including both theoretical and philosophical perspectives.
This text offers step-by-step guidelines on: * how to analyse concepts * how to generate and select theory * how to apply and test theory in practice.
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Three-time recipient of the AJN Book of the Year Award! Praise for the third edition: “This is an outstanding edition of this book. It has great relevance for learning about, developing, and using middle range theories.
are transmitted to offspring (Frankel, 2003). Stem-cell research could help prevent genetic diseases from occurring in families through the generations by modifying the germ lines of the embryos. Genetic traits in the embryo can be ...
... are sometimes perceived as all-knowing and as having ultimate responsibility for patient care, whereas nurses may be viewed as nonintellectual, second-best substitutes for excellent health care (Fagin, 1992; Sands, Stafford, 8!