A contemporary nursing process : the (un)bearable weight of knowing in nursing / Rozzano C. Locsin, Marguerite J. Purnell, [editors].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Locsin, Rozzano C., 1954-

Purnell, Marguerite J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nurse and patient.

Nursing--Philosophy.

Nursing.

Nurse-Patient Relations.

Nursing Process.

Medical Subjects:

Nurse-Patient Relations.

Nursing Process.

Physical Description:

xx, 530 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, [2009]

Summary:

This inspiring, ground-breaking book re-envisions the practice of nursing as more than a practice of clinical assessment and treatment-true, holistic nursing requires knowing the patient as person.

The contemporary nursing process, as defined by the authors, involves holistic, human-centered care that distinguishes the person from the disease. It is this burden-having to reconcile an ideal of care with the practical demands of care-that constitutes the (un)bearable weight of knowing in nursing.

Key discussions include:

The consequences of not knowing the patient as person

The influence of technology on "knowing" in nursing

How to connect with patients from diverse cultures and communities

How human-centered care can optimize positive outcomes and decrease complications

With this book, students and nurses of all levels will learn the extent to which nursing is a complex, creative, and highly relational practice. This book will stimulate, motivate, and guide nurses to improve patient care through human-centered caring.

Contents:

Phoenix arising: synoptic knowing for a synoptic practice of nursing / Marguerite J. Purnell

Transcending boundaries: nursing, a synoptic discipline? / Savina O. Schoenhofer

"With the very best of intentions": the development of nursing process as a way of knowing / Lynne M. Dunphy

Inspired knowing in nursing: walking on moonbeams / Pamela G. Reed

Consciousness and knowing: the patterning of the whole / W. Richard Cowling III and Elizabeth Repede

Evidence, knowledge, and wisdom: nursing practice in a universe of complexity and mystery / Gail J. Mitchell

Knowing persons as whole: bearing witness to unfolding mystery / William K. Cody

Holistic knowing / Marlaine C. Smith

Unknowing: towards the understanding of multiple realities and manifold perceptions / Patricia L. Munhall

Knowing patients' bodies: nurses' bodywork / Zane Robinson Wolf

Journeying with Linda: a narrative approach to practice and research / Christopher Johns

Caring for "not-so-picture-perfect patients": ethical caring in the moral community of nursing / Marian C. Turkel and Marilyn A. Ray

Decision making and knowing in nursing: the essentiality of meaning / Susan K. Chase

An exquisite knowing of children / Bernie Carter, Marie Marshall, and Caroline Sanders

Knowing persons with disabilities: nurses illuminate difference in a natural light / Donna Carol Maheady

Clinical knowing in advanced practice nursing / Ruth McCaffrey

Vision, technology, and the environment of care / Alan Barnard

"Painting a clear picture": technological knowing as a contemporary process of nursing / Rozzano C. Locsin

Knowing the person and technology as medium / Marilyn Macdonald

Rapture and suffering with technology in nursing / Rozzano C. Locsin and Marguerite J. Purnell

Coming to know community: going to the mountain / Charlotte D. Barry and Shirley C. Gordon

Knowing the patient and being a good nurse / Samantha M.C. Pang, Michiko Yahiro, and Helen Y.L Chan

Continuous knowing of patients: the Japanese nursing perspective / Yukie Takemura and Katsuya Kanda

Influence of culture on knowing persons / Carolina Huerta and M. Sandra Sanchez

Moving forward in a contemporary practice of nursing / Marguerite J. Purnell and Rozzano C. Locsin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826125781

0826125786

OCLC:

311060225