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Inspire your students to be theoretical thinkers, innovative advocates, and agents for change. Focused on cultivating the next generation of scholars, this highly respected classic demystifies theory, charts strategies to use in developing and advancing theory, and provides tools and best practices in evaluating progress in the discipline. Based on the feedback of nursing students, this edition was updated to be more accessible without losing the necessary rigor to foster critical thinking. Meleis provides a developmental and historical review of theoretical nursing and helps readers develop analytic skills and integrate knowledge into a coherent whole. By embarking on the journey of nursing theory, practicing nurses will find ways to improve everyday practice, as well as develop theories that capture their expertise.
Highlights of the Sixth Edition Key Topics
Paradigms that influenced nursing thought, such as feminism and post-colonialism
Nursing Theories, including need , interaction , and outcome theories
Social and health care transitions and their influence on advancing nursing knowledge
The most updated global definitions of the discipline of nursing and the future of nursing
Critical discussions on how different classifications of theories may lead to productive explorations and explanations of the process of clinical judgment and decision making
Key Features
New online journal articles and case studies give students an opportunity to apply theory to practice.
Chapter-ending Reflective Questions expand students’ understanding of theory and its impact on nursing today.
Separate chapters covering Middle Range Theory and Situation-Specific Theory . This text is complemented by and frequently used with Peterson & Bredow’s Middle Range Theories: Application to Nursing Research and Practice .
A new two-column design that enhances readability.
Doody's Review Services gives this title a Weighted Numerical Score: 89 - 3 Stars! "This is the most exemplary nursing theory title available and it is particularly useful because it is a treasure trove of classic and emerging theorists and their work. The breadth, comprehensiveness, and historical grounding make this a must-have title that is a relevant reference for emerging nursing theorists and researchers, faculty, graduate students, and policy makers." - Doody's Review Service
Edition
6
ISBN/ISSN
9780060000424
Product Format
Hardcover Book
Trim Size
7 x 10
Pages
688
Illustration
7
Table
50
Edition
6
Publication Date
January 5, 2017
Weight
2.7
Afaf Ibraham Meleis RN, PhD, FAAN
Dean, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Part One: Our Theoretical Journey 1: Positioning for the Journey 2: On Being and Becoming a Scholar 3: Theory: Metaphors, Symbols, Definitions
Part Two: Our Theoretical Heritage 4: From Can’t to Kant: Barriers and Forces Toward Theoretical Thinking 5: On the Way to Theoretical Nursing: Stages and Milestones
Part Three: Our Discipline and Its Structure 6: The Discipline of Nursing: Perspective and Domain 7: Sources, Resources, and Paradoxes for Theory 8: Our Syntax: An Epistemological Analysis
Part Four: Reviewing and Evaluating: Pioneering Theories 9: Nursing Theories Through Mirrors, Microscopes, or Telescopes 10: A Model for Evaluation of Theories: Description, Analysis, Critique, Testing, and Support 11: On Needs and Self-Care 12: On Interactions 13: On Outcomes
Part Five: On Developing Theories of Different Levels 14: Developing Concepts 15: Developing Theories 16: Developing Middle-Range Theories 17: Developing Situation-Specific Theories Part Six: Our Theoretical Future 18. Measuring Progress in a Discipline 19: Fifth-Generation Theorists: Passion for Advancing Theory Part Seven: Our Historical and Current Literature 20: Historical Writings in Theory 21: Historical and Current Theory Bibliography
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