Nursing theories : conceptual & philosophical foundations /

"This book is written for advanced nursing students. The second edition of Nursing theories explores the conceptual and philosophical foundations of selected major nursing theories. The book is not a survey or evaluation of nursing theories, but is designed to assist students in understanding t...

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Online Access: Table of contents
Other Authors: Kim, Hesook Suzie, Kollak, Ingrid
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co, 2006
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Human needs and nursing theory / Jacqueline Fortin
  • Adaptation as a basic conceptual focus in nursing theories / Donna Schwartz-Barcott
  • The concept of self-care / Ingrid Kollak
  • The concept of interaction in theory and practice / Susanne Wied
  • The concept of need in nursing theory / Penny Powers
  • The concept of holism / Hesook Suzie Kim
  • Systems theory and nursing theories / Heiko Kleve
  • Existentialism and phenomenology in nursing theories / Hesook Suzie Kim
  • Humanism in nursing theory: a focus on caring / May Solveig Fagermoen
  • Pragmatism, nursing, and nursing knowledge development / Hesook Suzie Kim and Björn Sjörström
  • Biography and biographical work: an approach for nursing / Barbara Schulte-Steinicke
  • Evidence-based nursing for practice and science / Martina Hasseler
  • Transculturality and nursing / Birgit Rommelspacher
  • Illness as risk: on the genesis and functioning of therapeutic deinstitutionalization / Friedrich Balke
  • Postscript / Ingrid Kollak and Susanne Wied.