Nursing Knowledge Development and Clinical Practice: Opportunities and Directions - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826102999 ISBN 13: 9780826102997

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2006

Synopsis

How does nursing knowledge develop and how do we incorporate this knowledge into the practice of nursing?

Is it possible for nursing theory to address the needs of clinical practice?

These key questions in the field of nursing are explored in this groundbreaking work.

Based on their five-year experience as co-chairs of the New England Knowledge Conferences and the contributions of nurse clinicians and academics, the book addresses issues critical to improving the quality and delivery of health care.

Concentrating on four major themes--the current state of nursing knowledge, the philosophy of nursing knowledge, the integration of nursing knowledge with practice, and examples of the impact on health care delivery when nursing knowledge is applied--Nursing Knowledge Development and Clinical Practice gives concrete examples of how nursing knowledge can improve nursing practice and overall health care delivery both today and in the future.

About this title

About the Author:

Sister Callista L. Roy (PhD, RN, FAAN), is a Professor and Nurse Theorist at the William F. Connell School of Nursing at Boston College, where she teaches doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students. Dr. Roy is best known for her work on the Roy adaptation model of nursing. Her current clinical research is an intervention study to involve families in cognitive recovery of patients with mild head injury. Her other scholarly work includes conceptualizing and measuring coping and developing the philosophical basis for the adaptation model and for the epistemology of nursing. Roy has numerous publications, including books and journal artices, on nursing theory and other professional topics. Her works have been translated into many languages all over the world. With her colleagues at the Roy Adaptation Association, she has critiqued and synthesized the first 230 research projects published in English based on her adaptation model. Dr. Roy has also delivered invited papers, lectures, and workshops throughout North America and 30 other countries over the past 30 years on topics related to nursing theory, research, curriculum, clinical practice, and professional trends for the future. She began her education at Mount Saint Mary's College in Los Angeles, and has master's degrees in pediatric nursing and sociology from the University of California at Los Angeles, where she also earned her PhD. She holds honorary doctorates from four other institutions. Her postdoctoral studies in neuroscience nursing were at the University of California at San Francisco.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0826102999
• ISBN 13: 9780826102997
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Roy Sister Callista