Perspectives on nursing theory
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Perspectives on nursing theory
Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2009
5th ed
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Nursing theory
Available at 37 libraries
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Anthology of previously published articles
Includes bibliographical references and index
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This book is an anthology of classic and contemporary nursing articles that address various theoretical and philosophical perspectives on the nature of theory and knowledge development. It is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the important discussions taking place regarding the structures and processes of knowledge building in nursing.
Table of Contents
UNIT ONE Structures of Nursing Knowledge CHAPTER 1 Nursing Theory and Practice: Connecting the Dots CHAPTER 2 Philosophy, Science,Theory: Interrelationships and Implications for Nursing Research CHAPTER 3 Nursing Questions That Science Cannot Answer CHAPTER 4 The Relationship Between Theory and Research: A Double Helix CHAPTER 5 Theoretical Thinking in Nursing: Problems and Prospects CHAPTER 6 Levels of Theoretical Thinking in Nursing UNIT TWO Historical Contexts of Nursing Knowledge Development CHAPTER 7 A Non-Theorist's Perspective on Nursing Theory: Issues of the 1990's CHAPTER 8 The Rhetoric of Rupture: Nursing as a Practice With a History? CHAPTER 9 Nursing: Whose Discipline Is It Anyway? CHAPTER 10 An Analysis of Changing Trends in Philosophies of Science on Nursing Theory Development and Testing CHAPTER 11 Nursing Reformation: Historical Reflections and Philosophic Foundations UNIT THREE Theoretical Thinking in Practice CHAPTER 12 Toward Compassionate Action: Pragmatism and the Inseparability of Theory/Practice CHAPTER 13 The Practitioner as Theorist CHAPTER 14 Theorizing the Knowledge That Nurses Use in the Conduct of Their Work CHAPTER 15 Practical Inquiry/Theory in Nursing CHAPTER 16 Intelligent Nursing: Accounting for Knowledge as Action in Practice CHAPTER 17 Nursing Theory as a Guide to Practice CHAPTER 18 The Role of Theory in Improving Patient Safety and Quality Health Care CHAPTER 19 Transforming Practice Knowledge Into Nursing Knowledge-A Revisionist Analysis of Peplau UNIT FOUR Nursing Philosophies and Paradigms CHAPTER 20 Nursing Science and the Space Age CHAPTER 21 A Philosophic Analysis of Evidence-Based Nursing: Recurrent Themes, Metanarratives, and Exemplar Cases CHAPTER 22 Commentary on Neomodernism and Evidence-Based Nursing: Implications for the Production of Nursing Knowledge CHAPTER 23 From a Plethora of Paradigms to Parsimony in Worldviews UNIT FIVE Philosophies of Science and Knowledge Development CHAPTER 27 Understanding Paradigms Used for Nursing Research UNIT SIX Epistemologies, Evidence,and Practice CHAPTER 35 Evidence for Practice, Epistemology, and Critical Reflection UNIT SEVEN Tools for Theory Development CHAPTER 42 Scientific Inquiry in Nursing: A Model for a New Age UNIT EIGHT Characteristics and Criteria of Nursing Theories CHAPTER 49 Theories: Components, Development, Evaluation UNIT NINE Ethics Inquiry CHAPTER 55 Integration of Nursing Theory and Nursing Ethics UNIT TEN Philosophic Views on Nursing and Its Practice CHAPTER 60 The Focus of the Discipline of Nursing UNIT ELEVEN Future Directions for Nursing Theory CHAPTER 67 A Treatise on Nursing Knowledge Development for the 21st Century: Beyond Postmodernism CHAPTER 68 The Unrecognized Paradigm Shift in Nursing: Implications, Problems, and Possibilities AUTHOR INDEX SUBJECT INDEX
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