Nursing Theories: The Base for Professional Nursing Practice (6th Edition)

Completely updated in a new edition, Nursing Theories 6/e incoporates the latesttheories and research methods in nursing today. Designed as a tool to help nurses apply concepts and theories to practice, this book considers the ideas of well-known nursing theorists and relates the work of each tot he nursing process. Chapters are organized to relate the theorist's work to the nursing metaparadigm, the nursing process, characteristics of a theory, and strengths and limitations of the theory. Some key features include:

• Quanitiative and qualitative research methodsin each chapter.
• An emphasis on the use of nursing theory in clinical practice.
• Chapters on the work of Artinian and Conger, as well as the introduction of an interdisciplinary model.

For nursing professionals.