Marlaine C Smith: Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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"Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice has been known for its focus on providing nurses and nursing students with an introduction to nursing theories to inform their practice. With chapters written by the theorists themselves or scholars identified by the theorists as experts, it features nursing theories and chapters on both conceptual models / systems / grand theories and middle-range theories. This book offers the perspective that nursing is a professional discipline with a body of knowledge that guides its practice. It is intended to help nursing students in baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs explore and appreciate nursing theories and their use in nursing practice and scholarship. In addition, and in response to calls from practicing nurses, this book is intended for use by those who desire to enrich their practice through the study of nursing theories. It offers nursing students at all levels a taste of a variety of nursing theories so that they can explore selected theories in greater depth and appreciate nursing theories for their potential to improve care and advance nursing knowledge through research"--