Theoretical nursing
Subtitle: development and progress
By: Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, PhD, FAAN, Margaret Bond Simon Dean, Professor of Nursing and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Edition: Fifth Edition.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9781605472119
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Philosophy; Nursing; Nursing Theory
Description: "An additional assumption was that the processes for theory development were new to nursing and hence, nurses in graduate programs learned strategies for advancing knowledge from other disciplines. This assumption was debunked with the knowledge that nurses were always engaged in knowledge development, driven by their experiences in clinical practice. Because of these assumptions, most of the early writing about theory development was about outlining strategies that should be used, rather than strategies that have already been used in the discipline to develop theories. Theorists themselves did not uncover or adequately discuss ways by which they developed their theories, therefore the tendency was to describe processes that were based on theories developed in other disciplines, mainly the physical and social sciences. And an implicit assumption was made that there should be a single strategy for theory development, some claiming to begin the process from practice, and others believing it should be driven by research"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 502-635) and indexes.