Theoretical Basis for Nursing - Softcover

McEwen, Melanie; Wills, Evelyn M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0781762839 ISBN 13: 9780781762830

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2006

Synopsis

This text is the most contemporary and comprehensive Nursing Theory textbook on the market today. Written in an easily understood style, it reflects current content course needs by addressing the underlying information needed to understand and apply theory to practice. One of the most popular aspects of this text is how it presents shared theories from other disciplines - such as the sociological, behavioral, and biomedical sciences - and relates them to nursing practice, research, education, and administration. It is part of "Doody's Core Titles 2009".

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-- 2nd Edition review: "It offers a succinct approach to basic study of philosophy, concept and theory development as related to nursing. It then provides a range of theories from a variety of sciences. It provides a framework in which to view nursing theorists and theories and does a nice job of presenting key components of these theories in a standardized format." -- 2nd Edition review: "It is well organized and the topic areas are thorough. The authors clearly and succinctly present information relevant to the topics at hand. The use of subheadings was particularly helpful in guiding the flow of content. The tables provided were also very helpful in highlighting key concepts and in the provision of definitions. I thought the book provided extremely helpful resources after each chapter, such as internet site addresses directly relevant to the content discussed. Overall, every aspect of this book, content and format, was very good." -- 2nd Edition review "There's a good foundational discussion in Chap. 1. The discussion of philosophy--theory development --analysis is well developed. The inclusion of new contemporary theories..."

Synopsis

This text is the most contemporary and comprehensive Nursing Theory textbook on the market today. Written in an easily understood style, it reflects current content course needs by addressing the underlying information needed to understand and apply theory to practice. One of the most popular aspects of this text is how it presents shared theories from other disciplines - such as the sociological, behavioral, and biomedical sciences - and relates them to nursing practice, research, education, and administration.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0781762839
• ISBN 13: 9780781762830
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 576