Knowledge Development in Nursing: Theory and Process

Showing how the different types of knowledge affect nursing theory, Knowledge Development in Nursing: Theory and Process, 9th Edition helps you understand nursing theory and its links with nursing research and practice. It examines the principles of knowledge development, including the relationship between patterns of knowing, and explores how evidence-based nursing theory can be used to improve patient care. Written by nursing educators Peggy Chinn and Maeona Kramer, this edition is updated with the latest advances in theory development and additional examples of how nursing theory applies to clinical practice. INDICE: Tentative Table of Contents Chapter 1: Nursing's Fundamental Patterns of Knowing Chapter 2: Nursing's Knowledge Development Pathways Chapter 3: Emancipatory Knowledge: Knowing for Praxis Chapter 4: Ethical Knowledge Development Chapter 5: Personal Knowing Chapter 6: Aesthetic Knowledge Development Chapter 7: Empiric Knowledge Development: Explaining and Structuring Chapter 8: Description and Critical Reflection of Empiric theory Chapter 9: Confirming and Validating Empiric Knowledge Using Research Chapter 10: Confirming and Validating Empiric Knowledge in Practice Glossary Index

• ISBN: 978-0-323-31652-1
• Editorial: Mosby
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 29/10/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés