Caring in Nursing Classics
Title | Caring in Nursing Classics PDF eBook |
Author | Marlaine C. Smith, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN |
Publisher | Springer Publishing Company |
Pages | 550 |
Release | 2012-12-12 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0826171125 |
"This very interesting book provides a good overview of the evolution of the art and practice of nursing...Recommended."--Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries “This collected work by scholars Smith, Turkel, and Wolf stands as a classic indeed. It offers nursing and related fields a repository and living history of the evolution of nursing within a caring science paradigm over a 40-year span from foundational ideas and developments, to current work in education, research, and institutional/community practices of caring...[The work] sustains and advances knowledge of human caring to serve humanity.” From the Foreword by Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN- BC, FAAN Founder, Watson Caring Science Institute This is a core resource for nursing educators and students at all levels who seek fundamental perspectives on the art and science of caring. The text comprises 37 classic book chapters and journal articles written by leaders in the field and illuminate the evolution of the caring paradigm--from its beginnings as a philosophical/ethical/theoretical guide to nursing, to implications for the future development of caring science. Co-published with the Watson Caring Science Institute (WCSI), it will also be a primary resource for students attending WCSI programs and for in-service education programs, especially in hospitals with, or seeking, Magnet status. Each section features an introductory essay illuminating important concepts, followed by reflective questions appropriate for baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels. Also included are multiple-choice questions, a variety of case studies, a digital teacher and student resource with PowerPoints for key ideas, and more. The book is organized into nine sections providing an in-depth analysis of the evolution of caring scholarship; systematic reviews of the concept of caring; theoretical perspectives, including conceptual orientations, middle-range theories, and grand theories; seminal research studies; research designs and methods; practice models for the integration of caring within contemporary hospital-based practice environments; caring in communities and for the environment; leadership and administrative issues with a focus on caring and economics; and the future of caring science. Key Features: Presents the seminal literature on caring Co-published with the Watson Caring Science Institute Provides reflective/critical thinking questions tailored to academic levels For use in baccalaureate, graduate, doctoral, and in-service education, and as a core resource for WCSI programs Is accompanied by a digital teacher and student guide (please contact [email protected] to request this content)
Challenges in Nursing Education and Research
Title | Challenges in Nursing Education and Research PDF eBook |
Author | Teuku Tahlil |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2020-05-17 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1000096297 |
This conference main theme is "Overcoming Global Health Challenges through Nursing Education, Research and Technology". Topics of interests cover all theoretical and practical aspects of nursing and health sciences in broad spectrum. This will provide an excellent knowledge and information across academicians, professionals, and government to optimize healthcare quality and safety around the globe.
Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Perceptions of Important Caring Behaviors
Title | Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Perceptions of Important Caring Behaviors PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Devine Yewcic |
Publisher | |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Nursing |
ISBN |
Handbook of Clinical Nursing Research
Title | Handbook of Clinical Nursing Research PDF eBook |
Author | Ada Sue Hinshaw |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Pages | 713 |
Release | 1999-06-18 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1452261881 |
This ambitious and long-awaited volume brings together foremost nursing scholars, researchers, and educators to review and critique the state of research across areas most relevant to clinical practice. The contributorship appears as a veritable "who′s who" of nursing research and the contents comprise primary areas in the vanguard of nursing science. In the first section, the authors explore theoretical issues, the variety of philosophical approaches to scientific inquiry in nursing, factors shaping nursing research, and the relationship of the philosophical perspectives to research methodologies. In later sections, the scientists review and analyze the state of nursing science in relation to community health, practice strategies, family care, health promotion, biobehavioral investigations, women′s health, gerontologic nursing, and health system perspectives and outcomes. For physiological as well as psychological research, the most relevant theories driving the research are presented along with the review of multiple diverse instruments and measurement issues. Comprehensive in scope, cogent and truly thought provoking, a book such as the Handbook of Clinical Nursing Research arrives only once or twice in a career. It is a must-have shelf reference for every nurse and for those who would teach them.
Assessing and Measuring Caring in Nursing and Health Science
Title | Assessing and Measuring Caring in Nursing and Health Science PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Watson PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN |
Publisher | Springer Publishing Company |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 2008-09-23 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9780826123138 |
"As in the first edition, the author has done a magnificent job compiling these instruments and providing important information that the reader can use to evaluate their usefulness." --Ora Lea Strickland, RN, PhD, FAAN (From the Foreword) This book provides all the essential research tools for assessing and measuring caring for those in the caring professions. Watson's text is the only comprehensive and accessible collection of instruments for care measurement in clinical and educational nursing research. The measurements address quality of care, patient, client, and nurse perceptions of caring, and caring behaviors, abilities, and efficacy. Newly updated, this edition also contains three new chapters, which document the most effective caring language and provide innovative methods of selecting appropriate tools for measurement based on validity and reliability. Key features of new edition: A chapter providing a comprehensive literature review of the research and measurement of caring A chapter entitled "Caring Factor Survey," which presents a new scale based on Watson's original theory of human caring Chapters outlining instruments for care measurement, including Holistic Caring Inventory, Peer Group Caring Interaction Scale, and many more New instruments focused on assessing caring at the administrative-relational caring level An updated section dedicated to challenges and future directions of the measurement of caring
The Journal of Nursing Education
Title | The Journal of Nursing Education PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 492 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Nursing |
ISBN |
Assessing and Measuring Caring in Nursing and Health Sciences: Watson’s Caring Science Guide
Title | Assessing and Measuring Caring in Nursing and Health Sciences: Watson’s Caring Science Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Kathleen Sitzman, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF |
Publisher | Springer Publishing Company |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2019-03-26 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0826195423 |
The third edition is updated throughout and includes a comprehensive literature review of the research and measurement of caring. It features several new tools and instruments, and updates all established tools and instruments to reflect how each has been used in the past ten years. The third edition also presents a new chapter on assessing and measuring caring in digital/cyberspace settings, discusses global developments in assessing and measuring caring, and provides an updated section dedicated to the challenges and future directions of caring measurement.