Transitions theory [[electronic resource] ] : middle-range and situation-specific theories in nursing research and practice / / Afaf Ibraham Meleis, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Springer Pub., c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (664 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.73
• Soggetto topico: Nursing models; Life change events
• Altri autori: MeleisAfaf Ibrahim
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Permissions; Part I: Transitions From Practice to Evidence-Based Models of Care; Part II: Transitions as a Nursing Theory; Part III: The Experience of and Responses to Transitions; Part IV: Nursing Therapeutics; Part V: Epilogue (Frequently Asked Questions); Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Out of Afaf Meleis' forty years of research and practice comes Transition Theory, based on the work of nurses as they manage the developmental, health and illness, and organizational transitions of patients and families. A collection of over 40 articles published from 1975 through 2007, Transitions Theory covers developmental, situational, health and illness, organizational, and therapeutic transitions. Each category includes an introduction written by Dr. Meleis, the originator of Transitions Theory, in which she offers her historical and practical perspective. Each section also includes a pr
• Titolo autorizzato: Transitions theory
• ISBN: 1-282-50562-9; 9786612505621; 0-8261-0535-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813269203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II