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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Susan G.

Contributor:

Renpenning, Kathie McLaughlin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-care, Health.

Evidence-based nursing.

Nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub., c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Theory has been used as a foundation for nursing practice in healthcare institutions and as the basis of curricula in nursing schools for decades. This book explores the high-level theory of the application of Orem's Self-Care Theory , and how it can improve patient outcomes as well as cost-effectiveness of nursing care delivery. Written for nursing theorists, researchers, administrators, and graduate students, the text addresses the relationship of self-care theory and evidence-based care in nursing, and provides a solution to improving contemporary healthcare outcom

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-21546-2

9786613215468

0-8261-0779-6

OCLC:

745866908