2015 LWW Nursing Education Catalogue

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TheoreticalNursing:DevelopmentandProgress, FifthEdition Afaf IbrahimMeleis, PhD, FAAN 978-1-60547-211-9 •March2011 •Hardbound • 7” x10” •688pp. • 7 Illus. •61Tables

Revisedandupdated for its FifthEdition, TheoreticalNursing provides a comprehensive developmental and historical review of nursing theory. This text offers a contemporary analysis of the evolution of nursing and represents the degree to which many scholars view the focusandmissionofnursingasadiscipline through thedevelopmentof itstheoretical base.Chaptersprovide readerswithdifferent frameworks that shape the nature, the scope, and the mission of nursing care. It offers stimulating content that highlights the forces that are driving nursing care, education, research, and administration. The book presentspractical perspectives thathelp the scholar todevelopanalytic skills and integrate knowledge intoa coherentwhole. Features • Reflectivequestions at theendof each chapter aiddiscussions and expand students’ understandingof theoryand its impactonnursing today. • Reorganized tableof contents enhances the reader’s understanding of different strategies used indevelopingandadvancing theory. • Chapter 16, TheoryDevelopment , includes the Research to Theory strategywhich is unique toMeleis’ text. • Chapter 19, HistoricalWritings inTheory , includes abstractsof major classic articles. • Chapter 20, Historical andCurrentTheoryBibliography , is a valuable resource that includes allmajorwritingsonandabout theory. • Told fromMeleis’ perspective, this uniqueapproach tonursing theory inspires readers tounderstand, respect, andvaluehistorical theorieswhileencouraging readers to challengeandbuildon those theories.

Research • Statistic & Theory

Table of Contents PartOne: OurTheoretical Journey Ch. 1: Positioning for the Journey Ch. 2:OnBeing andBecoming a Scholar Ch. 3:Theory:Metaphors, Symbols, Definitions PartTwo: OurTheoreticalHeritage Ch. 4: FromCan’t toKant: Barriers and ForcesTowardTheoreticalThinking Ch. 5:On theWay toTheoreticalNursing: Stages andMilestones PartThree: OurDisciplineand Its Structure Ch. 6:TheDiscipline ofNursing: Perspective andDomain Ch. 7: Sources, Resources, andParadoxes forTheory Ch. 8:Our Syntax: AnEpistemological Analysis PartFour: ReviewingandEvaluating: PioneeringTheories Ch. 9:NursingTheoriesThroughMirrors, Microscopes, orTelescopes Ch. 10: AModel for Evaluation ofTheories: Description, Analysis, Critique,Testing, and Support Ch. 11:OnNeeds and Self-Care Ch. 12:On Interactions Ch. 13:OnOutcomes PartFive: OurTheoretical Future Ch. 14: Challenges andOpportunities for a Theoretical Future Ch. 15: ConceptDevelopment Ch. 16:TheoryDevelopment Ch. 17:Middle-Range and Situation-Specific Theories Ch. 18:Measuring Progress in aDiscipline PartSix: OurTheoretical Literature Ch. 19:HistoricalWritings inTheory Ch. 20:Historical andCurrentTheory Bibliography