Foundations of professional nursing : care of self and others / Katherine Renpenning, Susan Gebhardt Taylor, Judith M. Pickens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Renpenning, Kathie McLaughlin, author.

Taylor, Susan G., author.

Pickens, Judith M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing.

Self-care, Health.

Patient education.

Nursing Process.

Health Behavior.

Patient Education as Topic.

Medical Subjects:

Nursing Process.

Health Behavior.

Patient Education as Topic.

Nursing.

Physical Description:

xvii, 284 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2016]

Summary:

This text for the Professional Nursing Practice course in the completion programs, such as RN to BSN or RN to MSN, present a conceptual framework for contemporary nursing practice that is based on the science of self-care while also incorporating other nursing and multidisciplinary perspectives, Instilling a foundational understanding of the science of self-care, this cutting-edge text illustrates how to attain and integrate knowledge from nursing theory and theories of related disciplines to answer nursing questions and achieve optimal evidence-based nursing practice. The text also discusses systems, thinking as the basis for analyzing the complex interrelationships among these elements. Case examples from a variety of clinical situations integrated with nursing theory demonstrate the relationship between theory and practice. The book explains what data to collect, how to analyze that data, how to design and implement interventions strategies, and how determine their effectiveness. Key concept sections, measurable objectives with critical thinking questions, and learning activities reinforce content. Additionally, complex cases included at the end of the text and links to nursing literature provide examples for more in depth analysis. Key Features: Provides an integrative model for nursing practice based on self-care that is useful in all clinical settings, Illustrates how to attain and integrate knowledge from the science of self-care with other nursing theories, Demonstrates the relationship between theory and practice through case studies, Introduces students to the importance of recording and analyzing data to achieve evidence-based practice, Includes measurable objectives with review questions and many other pedagogical features Book jacket.

Contents:

Health, well-being, and self-care

Thinking and doing nursing : the nursing system conditioning factors and health-related self-care

The "why" of self-care : determining the self-care demand

The "how" of self-care : self-care agency

Nursing practice operations : from diagnosis to designing the nursing system

Production and control operations and evidence-based practice

The dependent-care system

Meaning of family in nursing

Nursing and community

Ethical and legal foundations for nursing

Care of the self : a nursing imperative.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826133649

0826133649

OCLC:

932174441