Vital Notes for Nurses Nursing Models, Theories and Practice

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ISBN: 9781405137027 | 1405137029
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Copyright: 5/27/2008

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Vital Notes for Nurses: Nursing Theory explores the relationship between nursing theories and practice specifically analysing their origins, development, selection and use. It enables nurses and nursing students to evaluate theories critically and weigh their worth in an environment where nursing roles are changing and there are new workforce pressures on clinical practice.

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: The Case for Theory in Nursing	p. 1
The necessity of theory	p. 1
Theory defined	p. 3
Reflecting on the definition	p. 6
The position so far	p. 9
Do we really need theory?	p. 10
Can we do without theory?	p. 13
Viewing theory in the wider context	p. 16
Final thoughts: our theory for our practice	p. 18
Theory from Practice or Practice from Theory?	p. 21
Moving forward	p. 21
The questions begged	p. 23
Next steps	p. 25
The nature of knowledge	p. 34
Theory-practice gaps	p. 46
Science-practice gaps	p. 47
Conclusion	p. 57
Knowing and Knowledge: Importance for Nursing	p. 63
Philosophies of knowledge	p. 64
How science develops	p. 71
The move to phenomenology	p. 72
How do nurses know?	p. 74
Categories of knowing	p. 77
Carper's ways of knowing in nursing	p. 79
Linking knowing with theory	p. 82
Research as a basis for knowledge development	p. 83
Developing nursing knowledge through reasoning	p. 85
Nursing Theories and Nursing Roles	p. 89
Role theory	p. 90
Interagency/interprofessional changes	p. 92
Confusion surrounding innovative roles	p. 93
Accountability	p. 94
Isolation and burnout	p. 94
Inconsistency in role development	p. 95
Deskilling of generalist practitioners	p. 95
Influence of the medical model on nursing roles	p. 96
Relevance of existing 'grand' nursing theories	p. 100
Relevance of existing 'middle range' nursing theories	p. 102
Relevance of existing practice theories	p. 103
Nursing Theories or Nursing Models?	p. 107
Models	p. 107
Theories	p. 109
Classification of theories	p. 113
The metaparadigm	p. 116
Limitations of nursing theories	p. 119
Benefits of nursing theories	p. 122
Nursing Theories and Interpersonal Relationships	p. 125
Interpersonal theories of nursing	p. 128
Implications for nurse education	p. 134
Social capital	p. 135
Threats to interpersonal theories and practice	p. 136
Selecting a Suitable Theory	p. 141
Problems in selecting a theory	p. 143
Criteria for selecting an appropriate theory	p. 149
Paradigms as a basis for choice	p. 153
Practitioners' values and beliefs as a basis for choice	p. 153
A strategy for choice	p. 154
Research-Based Theories or Theory-Based Research?	p. 159
Theory-generating research	p. 164
Theory-testing research	p. 168
Theory-framed research	p. 171
Theory-evaluating research	p. 173
Empirical relationship between theory and research	p. 175
Strategies for theory development through research	p. 178
Evaluating Nursing Theories	p. 185
The words that pave our path	p. 189
Testing and evaluating theory	p. 198
Summative and formative evaluation	p. 207
Evaluation frameworks	p. 211
Conclusion	p. 215
References	p. 219
Index	p. 235
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