Self-care science, nursing theory, and evidence-based practice / Susan Gebhardt Taylor, Katherine McLaughlin Renpenning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Susan G.

Contributor:

Renpenning, Kathie McLaughlin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-care, Health.

Evidence-based nursing.

Nursing.

Self Care.

Evidence-Based Nursing.

Nursing Care--methods.

Nursing Theory.

Medical Subjects:

Self Care.

Evidence-Based Nursing.

Nursing Care--methods.

Nursing Theory.

Physical Description:

ix, 242 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub., 2011.

Summary:

Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Theory has been used for decades as a foundation for nursing practice in health care institutions and as the basis of curricula in nursing schools. This scholarly volume delves deeply into the application of self-care theory to demonstrate its effectiveness in both enhancing patient outcomes and improving the cost effectiveness of nursing care delivery.

The volume is the first to explore the relationship among nursing theory, the science of self-care, and evidence-based nursing practice. The authors promote the argument, step by step, that the application of nursing theory and the evaluation of its outcome comprise an important part of the "evidence" that is used to establish nursing's best practice. They then discuss the application of Orem's Self-Care Theory to nursing practice and show how the self-care approach can improve patient care outcomes and cost effectiveness. Nursing theorists, researchers, and students will gain an understanding of the processes associated with self-care, and nursing administrators will gain assistance in designing nursing systems that help clients to develop capabilities related to self-care.

Key Features

Establishes the link between the application of Orem's Self-Care Theory and improved patient and fiscal health care outcomes

Provides a current, cost-effective resource for implementing Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory for effective evidence-based practice

Illustrates the application of theory to practice with case examples Book jacket.

Contents:

The proper object of nursing and a theory of nursing practice

The science of self-care

The science of the development and exercise of self-care agency

The science of human assistance for persons with health associated self-care

Theory of self-care in relationships

Nursing practice sciences

Supportive-developmental nursing science

Compensatory nursing science

The sciences of self-care and evidence based nursing practice

Education and evidence based practice.

ISBN:

9780826107787

0826107788

9780826107794

0826107796

OCLC:

701450124