Research Theory category: 339 books
Nursing and Family Caregiving
Social Support and Nonsupport
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
Designated a Doody's Core Title!
"[T]his text is a truly amazing microanalytic compendium of social support strategies in different family configurations, in different context and ethnic groups, and filling different types of needs."
--From the Foreword by Janice M. Morse,...
Clinical Teaching Made Easy
A practical guide to teaching and learning in clinical settings
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Increasingly, nurses and other health professionals are required to teach doctors, trainees and medical students. This book also helps to contextualise learning and provide practical tips for teaching in the clinical context for all health professionals. The book will be useful for clinical teachers...
Nursing History Review, Volume 15, 2007
Official Publication of the American Association for the History of Nursing
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2006
Nursing History Review, an annual peer-reviewed publication of the American Association for the History of Nursing, is a showcase for the most significant current research on nursing history. Regular sections include scholarly articles, over a dozen book reviews of the best publications on nursing...
by H. Boeschenstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1949
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1949
This book begins the large task of sorting out the vast number of German literary works which the war has piled up before us. The author has culled over four hundred novels and critical works and by indicating the numbers and content of the more significant novels, and some of their stylistic characteristics,...
Developmental Evaluation Exemplars
Principles in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Responding to evaluator and instructor demand, this book presents a diverse set of high-quality developmental evaluation (DE) case studies. Twelve insightful exemplars illustrate how DE is used to evaluate innovative initiatives in complex, dynamic environments, including a range of fields and international...
Nursing Knowledge Development and Clinical Practice
Opportunities and Directions
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2006
How does nursing knowledge develop and how do we incorporate this knowledge into the practice of nursing?
Is it possible for nursing theory to address the needs of clinical practice?
These key questions in the field of nursing are explored in this groundbreaking work.
Based on...
Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation
Stakeholder Involvement Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
From pioneering leaders in the field, this is the first book to provide a solid foundation for three major stakeholder involvement approaches: collaborative, participatory, and empowerment evaluation. Highlighting differences among the approaches, the authors focus on the role of the evaluator, who...
The Aesthetic Experience of Dying
The Dance to Death
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Structured around a personal account of the illness and death of the author’s partner, Jane, this book explores how something hard to bear became a threshold to a world of insight and discovery.
Drawing on German Idealism and Jane’s own research in the area, The Aesthetic Experience of...
Interpretive Phenomenology
Embodiment, Caring, and Ethics in Health and Illness
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 1994
Patricia Benner's introduction to phenomenology develops the reader's understanding of the strategies and processes involved in this innovative approach to nursing.
The author discusses the relationship between theory and practice, considers the possibility of a science of caring from a feminist...
Philosophy of Science for Nursing Practice
Concepts and Application
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!
"A challenge ahead for nursing is to take the path of most resistance rather than the easier road of least resistance. The debate needs to continue...[by focusing on] whether nursing is teaching an appropriate level of inquiry including philosophy and methodologies...
by John Ovretveit
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
This book examines different approaches to evaluating treatment, health service delivery, public health programmes and policy implementation.
The Future of Evaluation in Society
A Tribute to Michael Scriven
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The impetus for this volume lives in a rich and vibrant past. It is organized to honor one of the founders and most prolific contributors to the profession and transdiscipline of evaluation Professor Michael Scriven, and to illuminate the future of evaluation in society. Professor Scriven often shares...
Betty Neuman
The Neuman Systems Model
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 1993
Neuman's Systems Model is a comprehensive conceptual framework, used extensively in nursing education; it reflects nursing's interest in holism and the influence of the environment on health. This volume provides a clear and concise overview of the model and includes a brief biography of the theorist and a succinct discussion of the theory itself.
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
"...[written by one of] the worldís foremost experts in transcultural nursing. This...much-anticipated comprehensive compendium of evidence-based and best practices...contains exceptionally useful...material for nurse educators in academic and staff development settings and...their students."
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