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Books in Nursing theory

  • Reflective Practice in Nursing and Midwifery: A Comprehensive Guide

    • 1st Edition
    • Ann Donohoe
    • English
    A one-stop guide to integrating reflection into practice. Reflective practice – learning from experience – is fundamental to the delivery of effective and safe quality care. This important and exciting new book Reflective Practice in Nursing and Midwifery: A Comprehensive Guide is specifically designed for any student, nurse, midwife, educator or researcher seeking to advance their understanding of reflection and its role in practice.The book provides a comprehensive overview of reflective theory, and includes the new CARE Reflective Framework, which is specifically designed to support the development of reflection in nursing and midwifery. The fundamental elements of reflection which include reflective journaling, reflective frameworks, reflective skills and reflective writing are also explored. The reader is therefore facilitated to engage with the concept of reflection from both a critical and a practical perspective. This book is packed full of innovative learning features and is ideal for any student seeking to develop their reflective knowledge and skills.

  • Knowledge Development in Nursing

    Theory and Process
    • 12th Edition
    • Peggy L. Chinn + 2 more
    • English
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Theory**Learn how to apply the five patterns of knowing to nursing care! Knowledge Development in Nursing: Theory and Process, 12th Edition, explores nursing theory and how it is related to nursing research and quality patient care. It examines the principles of knowledge development, and uses the five patterns of knowing to help you develop sound clinical judgment. Each chapter begins with a Basics section, which is followed by a Now That You Know the Basics section, providing a deeper understanding of knowledge patterns for more advanced learners. Content aligns with the 2021 AACN Essentials for Nursing Education. Streamlined for easier readability, this edition reflects the latest thinking in nursing knowledge development and emphasizes to real-world application.

  • Nursing Theorists and Their Work

    • 11th Edition
    • Martha Raile Alligood + 1 more
    • English
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Theory**Understand the thinking of 39 leading nursing theorists in one comprehensive text! Nursing Theorists and Their Work, Eleventh Edition, provides a clear, in-depth look at nursing theories of historical and international significance. Each chapter presents a key nursing theory or philosophy, showing how systematic theoretical evidence enhances decision making, professionalism, and quality of care. Lead author Martha Raile Alligood is known nationally and internationally for her expertise in nursing theory. A classic in the field of nursing theory, this text uses objective critiques, case studies, and critical thinking activities to bridge the gap between nursing theory and application in the practice of nursing.

  • The Social and Structural Determinants of Health

    Educating Nurses to Advance Health Equity
    • 1st Edition
    • Teri A. Murray
    • English
    **2026 Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) Most Promising New Textbook Award Winner****American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 1st Place in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, 2025**Gain the knowledge and skills you need to promote equity in health care! Focused on what nurses can do to address health disparities, The Social and Structural Determinants of Health: Educating Nurses to Advance Health Equity provides a comprehensive look at how factors such as income, education, and race can lead to systemic disadvantage in health and well-being. It shows how nurses can partner with communities and organizations to understand the root causes of inequities in health, develop equity-minded skills, and take action to advance long-lasting progress. Written by Teri A. Murray, a noted nursing educator with rich expertise in health equity, this text makes it easy to learn and apply the principles that can lead to better health outcomes and healthier communities.

  • Historia de la enfermería

    Evolución histórica del cuidado enfermero
    • 4th Edition
    • María Luisa Martínez Martín + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Esta edición mantiene la línea de trabajo de las anteriores, al considerar que la evolución del cuidado enfermero está estrechamente ligada a la consideración del concepto de salud-enfermedad que ha caracterizado cada momento histórico. Los contenidos integrados en los cinco capítulos del libro constituyen un perfecto engranaje de la diversidad temática y espacial: desde la prehistoria, las culturas clásicas, la Edad Media, Moderna, Contemporánea, hasta los nuevos retos del presente (prestando especial atención al impacto de la pandemia de COVID-19). Por otro lado, la diversidad geográfica y cultural constituye otra gran dificultad que las autoras han afrontado con una solvencia propia solo de investigadores avezados. Logran este enfoque sistémico mediante el planteamiento en todos los capítulos de aspectos clave en la conceptualización y la práctica de los cuidados y la enfermería en los diversos momentos históricos. María Luisa Martínez Martín y Elena Chamorro Rebollo (profesora honoraria del Departamento de Enfermería de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid y decana de la Facultad de Enfermería y Fisioterapia Salus Infirmorum de la Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, respectivamente), son las autoras de este estudio imprescindible para entender la naturaleza del cuidado (la enfermería en la diversidad de sus manifestaciones) en las diferentes formas en las que se ha desarrollado en la historia: su motivación, forma organizativa, técnicas, personas implicadas, características estéticas, éticas, morales, antropológicas, culturales, religiosas, domésticas, ideológicas y, por supuesto, profesionales. La interpretación de la salud y la enfermedad, los cuidados, los métodos y las técnicas empleados, las personas encargadas de dispensar los cuidados o las instituciones implicadas en su dispensa son cuestiones que se responden en todos los apartados de este libro, dotándolo de una gran carga didáctica. Otro de los aspectos más destacables lo constituye su potencial pedagógico. Todos los capítulos integran sus respectivos índices y bibliografías. Además declaran, previamente al desarrollo del tema correspondiente, sus resultados de aprendizaje explicitando los conocimientos que debe adquirir el estudiante de forma analítica y pormenorizada; seguidamente, las autoras dejan patente de forma concisa los conceptos clave que debe comprender y dominar el estudiante en cada uno de los capítulos.

  • Modelos y teorías en enfermería

    • 10th Edition
    • Martha Raile Alligood
    • Spanish
    En su décima edición, este libro sigue siendo un homenaje a las teóricas de la enfermería y es un clásico en la literatura sobre teorías enfermeras. Presenta a las principales pensadoras teóricas de la enfermería, revisa las ideas más importantes que han dado lugar a la creación de conocimientos, enumera sus publicaciones e indica a los lectores quiénes utilizan las obras y escriben sobre ellas en sus propias publicaciones teóricas. Se recogen los trabajos de teóricas de la enfermería de todo el mundo, incluidas las obras de teóricas internacionales. Los trabajos de las teóricas presentados en este texto han estimulado un crecimiento extraordinario de la literatura de enfermería y han enriquecido la vida profesional de las enfermeras de todo el mundo al guiar la investigación, la formación, la administración y la práctica de la enfermería. De interés para enfermeras y estudiantes de todas las etapas de formación y de la carrera profesional. Aquellos que acaban de empezar su formación en enfermería encontrarán interesante la vida de las teóricas, su enfoque conceptual, sus definiciones y sus afirmaciones teóricas. Los estudiantes de posgrado, a nivel de máster y doctorado, se sentirán más atraídos por el planteamiento lógico, la aceptación por parte de la comunidad de enfermería, las fuentes teóricas para el desarrollo de la teoría, el uso de datos empíricos y los análisis de cada trabajo. La bibliografía y las lecturas recomendadas son especialmente útiles para los estudiantes de posgrado, ya que les indican las fuentes primarias y secundarias que amplían el conocimiento específico de cada teórica.

  • Leadership Development for Nurses and Midwives

    • 1st Edition
    • Gemma Stacey + 1 more
    • English
    This groundbreaking new text will help nurses and midwives develop their unique leadership capabilities for better care, no matter what their level of experience or where in the organizational hierarchy they work.Edited by the CEO and Director of the prestigious Florence Nightingale Foundation and written by specialists in their field, the book focuses on the personal development required for nurses and midwives to become authentic leaders. It guides the reader through a range of innovative and novel perspectives on leadership development, with an emphasis on self-awareness and personal growthLeadership Development for Nurses and Midwives offers an exciting new perspective that is sure to maximize the individual and collective influence of nurses and midwives, and all that each has to offer.

  • Knowledge Development in Nursing

    Theory and Process
    • 11th Edition
    • Peggy L. Chinn + 2 more
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Education**Apply the five patterns of knowing to improve nursing care! Knowledge Development in Nursing: Theory and Process, 11th Edition explores nursing theory and how it is related to nursing research and quality patient care. It examines the principles of knowledge development, using the patterns of knowing to help you develop sound clinical judgment. Each chapter begins with a Basics section, which is followed by a Now That You Know the Basics section providing a deeper understanding of knowledge patterns for more advanced learners. In addition, the content in this edition aligns with the new 2021 AACN Essentials for Nursing Education. Key content in this text is also used as the basis for the creation of the first domain within the AACN Essentials, Knowledge for Nursing Practice, and in other domains within the AACN Essentials. Written by nursing educators Peggy Chinn, Maeona Kramer, and Kathleen Sitzman, this edition reflects the latest thinking in nursing knowledge development and adds emphasis to real-world application.

  • Nursing Theorists and Their Work

    • 10th Edition
    • Martha Raile Alligood
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Theory**Find the thinking of 39 leading nursing theorists in one comprehensive text! Nursing Theorists and Their Work, 10th Edition provides a clear, in-depth look at nursing theories of historical and international significance. Each chapter presents a key nursing theory or philosophy, showing how systematic theoretical evidence can enhance decision making, professionalism, and quality of care. Lead author Martha Raile Alligood is known nationally and internationally for her expertise in nursing theory. A classic in the field of nursing theory, this text uses objective critiques, case studies, and critical thinking activities to bridge the gap between nursing theory and application.

  • Investigación en metodología y lenguajes enfermeros

    • 2nd Edition
    • Paloma Echevarría Pérez
    • Spanish
    Segunda edición que se consolida como manual de referencia en legua española sobre este ámbito en creciente desarrollo e implantación en los centros de investigación y las universidades de todo el mundo. Esta obra, que fue pionera en el campo de la investigación en metodología y lenguajes enfermeros, sigue teniendo como objetivos describir los aspectos conceptuales y metódicos específicos de la investigación en metodología y lenguajes enfermeros estandarizados, destacar las diferentes áreas y líneas de investigación y revisar los recursos e instrumentos que pueden servir de ayuda a los investigadores para generar conocimientos sobre lenguajes enfermeros. Se ha revisdo todo el contenido, se han actualizado la bibliografía y se han incorporado dos nuevas colaboraciones de la Universidad de Iowa. Aportan su valiosa experiencia en este campo numerosos expertos del ámbito internacional, ásí como miembros actuales y antiguos de la Asociación Española de Nomenclatura, Taxonomía y Diagnósticos de Enfermería (AENTDE). En total, más de 40 docentes, investigadores, gestores, asistentes y sociedades científicas. El respaldo y la participación de la AENTDE y del Centro para las Clasificaciones de Enfermería y la Efectividad Clínica de la Universidad de Iowa (Estados Unidos) constituyen una garantía para profesores y alumnos de escuelas y facultades de Enfermería (especialmente para posgrados y doctorado), docentes de formación continuada de los distintos servicios de salud y centros sanitarios, personal de enfermería,investiga... y gestores sanitarios.

  • Nursing Leadership and Healthcare Policy - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

    • 1st Edition
    • Mount Saint Mary's University
    • English

  • Nursing Theory

    Utilization & Application
    • 5th Edition
    • Martha Raile Alligood
    • English
    Nursing Theory: Utilization & Application, 5th Edition covers the development of nursing theory; the application of different nursing theories, models and philosophies; and the expansion of these practices with a look toward the future. This text provides the opportunity for students who have learned the background of nursing theory using the companion title, Nursing Theorists and Their Work, to apply what they have learned to actual nursing practice through various patient scenarios.

  • Los diagnósticos enfermeros

    Revisión crítica y guía práctica
    • 9th Edition
    • María Teresa Luis Rodrigo
    • Spanish
    Nueva edición de esta obra cuyo objetivo es difundir la labor de NANDA y consolidar un instrumento de trabajo que parta de nuestros valores culturales y de nuestro entorno, y que resulte útil en la práctica diaria. Se estructura en dos partes: la primera es un resumen de la historia de la NANDA y del estado actual de la terminología diagnóstica y un repaso de los criterios para distinguir los problemas de colaboración de los diagnósticos enfermeros, así como de las directrices para formular los objetivos y planificar actividades; la segunda parte incluye los diagnósticos aceptados por la NANDA hasta la decimonovena conferencia, y publicada en la taxonomía 2012-2014, ordenados alfabéticamente según el concepto diagnóstico. Ofrece a profesionales y estudiantes un lenguaje diagnóstico que permite identificar a través de manifestaciones objetivas y subjetivas el término preciso a partir del cual planificar los cuidados enfermeros.

  • Vínculos de NOC y NIC a NANDA-I y diagnósticos médicos

    Soporte para el razonamiento crítico y la calidad de los cuidados
    • 3rd Edition
    • Marion Johnson + 5 more
    • Spanish
    Obra que explora los vínculos entre los tres lenguajes estandarizados reconocidos por la profesión, NANDA, NOC y NIC. Se organiza en tres secciones: Introducción a las interrelaciones, Interrelaciones entre los tres lenguajes y etiquetas y Definiciones de NOC y NIC. Un complemento perfecto de NIC y NOC que, utilizado junto a estas dos obras y los diagnósticos de la NANDA, ofrece la información que enfermeros e instituciones necesitan para documentar los cuidados enfermeros. Cuenta con un nuevo capítulo en la toma de decisiones clínicas, otro sobre el uso de NANDA, NIC y NOC en sistemas de información, listados de intervención más concisa y 20 nuevas interrelaciones con diagnósticos comunes, con altos costes sanitarios.

  • The Evidence-Based Practice Manual for Nurses

    with Pageburst online access
    • 3rd Edition
    • Rosalind L Smyth
    • Jean V. Craig
    • English
    Printed book plus Pageburst™ access. You will receive a printed book and access to the complete book content electronically. Pageburst™ enhances learning not only by bringing world class content to your fingertips but also by letting you add to it, annotate it, and categorize it in a way that suits you. Pageburst™ frees you to spend more time learning and less time searching. The Evidence-based Practice Manual successfully breaks down the skills for evidence-based nursing into manageable components. The reader will learn how to find, critically read and interpret a range of research studies, and will discover optimal approaches to helping patients reach decisions that are informed by the best-available evidence. The more-strategic concepts of developing an organisational evidence-based culture and making evidence-based changes at organisational level are the focus of the final section.

  • Essential Decision Making and Clinical Judgement for Nurses

    • 1st Edition
    • Carl Thompson + 1 more
    • English
    This book provides the skills and knowledge to use information effectively when exercising professional judgement and clinical decisions. By integrating theory with practical examples, it provides an overview of the key issues facing nurses in decision making today.

  • Research Ethics in the Real World

    Issues and Solutions for Health and Social Care Professionals
    • 1st Edition
    • Tony Long + 1 more
    • English
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It departs from the usual principles-based approach and instead takes a predominantly consequentialist (harms and benefits) approach. It aims to be free of abstract philosophy, but will use the analysis of cases and a reasoned approach to examine alternative arguments. Whilst the book deals with issues in some depth it uses plain language and many clear examples of good and less good practice to illustrate points. It is at a level useful to both beginning and more experienced researchers.

  • Essentials of Teaching and Learning in Nursing Ethics

    Perspectives and Methods
    • 1st Edition
    • Anne Davis + 2 more
    • English
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This book aims to fill a gap with an in-depth exploration of nursing ethics content from the western philosophical tradition and some of the methods used in teaching this content. It addresses cross-cultural issues in using specific ethics content. It also reveals the poverty of the present dualism model in nursing ethics and replace this with a more complex and more useful model that invites debate. Its scope is both wide and deep but that is needed to enrich the basis for teaching nursing ethics.

  • The Essential Researcher's Handbook

    For Nurses and Health Care Professionals
    • 2nd Edition
    • Maggie Tarling + 1 more
    • English
    This book contains a wealth of practical guidance about what doing research actually involves for the often hard-pressed and isolated researcher. It bridges the gap and provides 'real-life' insight into undertaking research in nursing. It focuses on the practicality of research and identifies the pitfalls that can so easily undermine even the most carefully planned project.

  • Clinical Decision-Making and Judgement in Nursing

    • 1st Edition
    • Carl Thompson + 1 more
    • English
    The book provides a critical overview of the current research literature regarding the topic of clinical decision making and judgement in nursing. The text helps individuals apply different techniques to practice, aiming for a 'non-academic' style which will be easy for readers to understand. Both the editors are researchers in the field of nurse decision making and have considerable experience teaching the subject on third level diploma/degree, masters level and post-registration nursing courses. This text is therefore unique in drawing together both the research and practical experience of implementing techniques in practice.

  • The Roper-Logan-Tierney Model of Nursing

    Based on Activities of Living
    • 1st Edition
    • Nancy Roper + 2 more
    • English
    This book provides the definitive account of the Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing, including in-depth discussion of its conceptual development, its place within the wider body of nursing theory and a critique of its application in practice. The book will conclude with a wider discussion of the place of this model for nursing in the face of ongoing challenges in both nursing and health care throughout the world.