Lorraine Olszewski Walker, The University of Texas at Austin
Kay Coalson Avant, The University of Texas at Austin
©2005 | Pearson
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| ISBN-13: | 9780131191266 | |
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For nursing theory courses and integrative senior-year courses focusing on concept or theory development or synthesis.
Focusing on the needs of beginning students of theory development, this text explicates strategies for theory construction. It provides readers with a resource on theory development written from a nursing point of view. The book covers the history of nursing theory development, specific strategies, theory testing, and frontiers of nursing theory and knowledge development.
NEW—Preliminary Notes—At the beginning of each chapter.
~Engages the reader with a personal voice.
NEW—Updated material.
~Incorporates growing recent theory development work being done by nurses.
NEW—Reordered chapters on strategies—A more intuitive order.
~Presents the easier strategy, synthesis, before analysis while placing more emphasis on synthesis and derivation.
NEW—Frontiers of theory development—Chapter 13.
~Covers upcoming topics, including international theory development, evidence-based practice, and ethnicity-based nursing theory.
Introductory pieces—At the beginning of each part.
~Provides the reader with a brief orientation to each of the five sections.
Detailed chapters on the nine strategies.
~Offers the only comprehensive reference on nine theory development strategies.
Practice exercises.
~Gives students an opportunity to use the strategies.
Preliminary Notes—At the beginning of each chapter.
~Engages the reader with a personal voice.
Updated material.
~Incorporates growing recent theory development work being done by nurses.
Reordered chapters on strategies—A more intuitive order.
~Presents the easier strategy, synthesis, before analysis while placing more emphasis on synthesis and derivation.
Frontiers of theory development—Chapter 13.
~Covers upcoming topics, including international theory development, evidence-based practice, and ethnicity-based nursing theory.
I. OVERVIEW OF THEORY DEVELOPMENT IN NURSING.
II. CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT.
III. STATEMENT DEVELOPMENT.
IV. THEORY DEVELOPMENT.
V. PERSPECTIVES ON NURSING THEORY.
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