Nursing models, theories and practice
By: Hugh P. McKenna, Oliver D. Slevin.
Contributors: Slevin, Oliver.
Series: Vital notes for nurses
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781405137027
Subjects: Nursing models.; Nursing -- Philosophy.; Nursing Theory.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction : the case for theory in nursing; value: Theory from practice or practice from theory?; value: Knowing and knowledge : importance for nursing; value: Nursing theories and nursing roles; value: Nursing theories or nursing models?; value: Nursing theories and interpersonal relationships; value: Selecting a suitable therory; value: Research-based theories or theory-based research?; value: Evaluating nursing theories.