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Theory and practice of nursing : an integrated approach to caring practice /

Theory and practice of nursing : an integrated approach to caring practice / edited by Lynn Basford, Oliver Slevin. - 2nd ed. - Cheltenham : Nelson Thornes, 2003. - xvii, 854 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Previous ed.: Edinburgh: Campion, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

MODULE 1: FOCUS ON CARE:- Introduction--1. Precedents--2. Commitment to care: a philosophical perspective on nursing--3. The context of care--4. Empowering care--MODULE 2: THE PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE OF NURSING:- Introduction--5. Professionalisation--6. Nursing as a profession--7. Clinical supervision and leadership--8. Towards a learning society-- Reflections--MODULE 3: THE PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEORETICAL BASIS OF NURSING:- Introduction--9. An Epistemology of nursing: ways of knowing and being--10. Empirical knowing: A knowledge base for nursing practice--11. Personal knowing: nursing as a caring and healing process--12. Aesthetic knowing: nursing as skill and mastery--13. Ethical knowing: The moral ground of nursing practice--14. Nursing models and theories: major contributions--Reflections--MODULE 4: EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE:- Introduction--15. The research process--16. Research paradigms--17. Clinical effectiveness: an evidence base for practice?--18. Theory, Practice and research--Reflections--MODULE 5: THE SOCIAL AND HUMAN CONTEXT OF NURSING CARE:- Introduction--19. The politics of care--20. Religion, ethnicity and the development of more inclusive health care--21. Gender issues in a nursing context--22. A nursing perspective on older people: the problem of ageism--23. Spirituality and nursing--Reflections--MODULE 6: FRAMEWORKS FOR PRACTICE:- Introduction--24. Problem-solving frameworks: the nursing process approach--25. Competence-based approaches--26. Reflective practice--27. Clinical reasoning: articulating experiential learning in nursing practice--28. Nursing in the wider context: organisational frameworks--Refelections--MODULE 7: THERAPEUTIC MODES:- Introduction--29. The therapeutic relationship--30. Therapeutic intervention in nursing--31.. Complimentary therapies--Reflections--MODULE 8: THE DELIVERY OF NURSING CARE:- Introduction--32. Public health: the promotion and protection of health--33. Maintaining a safe environment--34. Helping with the activities of living--35. Coping with death and bereavement--36. Caring in the community: a nursing perspective--Reflections--MODULE 9: NURSING PERSPECTIVES:- Introduction--37. Adult nursing--38. Children\'s nursing--39. Mental health nursing--40. Learning disability nursing--41. Gerontological nursing--Reflections--MODULE 10: INTO THE FUTURE:- Introduction--42. Nursing in an age of change--43. Into the Future: Post-modern and beyond--44. Global dimensions: nursing in the risk society--Reflections--45. Postscript.

This textbook responds to the first year component of current nurse education. It covers the needs of the pre-registration nursing student, serving as a study guide and a foundation text. It is ideally suited to students on practice-centred and academic courses.

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Nursing.
Nursing--Practice
Health and Wellbeing.
Nursing

RT86.7

610.73 BAS

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