Strengths-Based Nursing Care

"I enthusiastically recommend this book for every introduction to nursing course, and equally for graduate nurses in Advanced Nursing Practice Master's programs and nurses currently engaged in practice. This book is one of those rare treats that put into words what expert nurses come to know and experience over time in their best practice. By giving clarity, insight and rigor to a central, but poorly understood value and wisdom embedded in the best of nursing practice, Dr. Laurie Gottlieb has given nursing back a stronger, clearer self-understanding and social grasp of the best that nursing has to offer Strength Based Care that can inform all diagnoses and health care design, and implementation." From the foreword by Patricia Benner, RN, PhD, FAANProfessor EmeritusUniversity of California, San Francisco This is the first practical guide for nurses on how to incorporate the knowledge, skills, and tools of Strength-Based Nursing Care (SBC) into everyday practice. The text, based on a model developed by the prestigious McGill University Nursing Program, signifies a paradigm shift in nursing care from a medical model based on deficits to one that focuses on individual, family, and community strengths as a cornerstone of effective nursing care. The testimony of 46 nurses demonstrates how SBC can be effectively used in multiple settings across the lifespan.The book examines the theoretical foundations underlying SBC, promotes the acquisition of fundamental skills needed for SBC practice, and offers specific strategies, techniques, and tools for identifying strengths and harnessing them to facilitate healing and health. According to the SBC model, the text describes how one becomes a nurse through retraining the senses, developing observation skills, and reforming interpersonal and communication skills for clinical judgment and decision-making. The text includes an instructor's guide and online support materials including Power Points. Author Laurie Gottlieb has been the recipient of the prestigious Centennial Award of the Canadian Nurses Association, the only award to recognize the 100 most influential nurses in Canada. Key Features: Provides the first complete, foundational, and practical textbook on Strength-Based Nursing CareTeaches how to identify, engage, and nurture existing and new strengths to enhance health and healingIntegrates testimony and clinical insights from 46 nurses using SBN in clinical practiceEmphasizes clinical and critical inquiry, clinical grasp and judgment, decision-making, and evidence-based practice