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Titolo: | Middle range theory for nursing / / Mary Jane Smith and Patricia R. Liehr, editors |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Springer Pub., , 2008 |
©2008 | |
Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxi, 328 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 610.7301 |
Soggetto topico: | Information science |
Nursing models | |
Nursing - Philosophy | |
Altri autori: | LiehrPatricia R SmithMary Jane <1938-> |
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; 1 Disciplinary Perspectives Linked to Middle Range Theory; 2 Understanding Middle Range Theory by Moving Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction; 3 Building Structures for Research; 4 Theories of Uncertainty in Illness; 5 Theory of Meaning; 6 Theory of Self-Transcendence; 7 Theory of Community Empowerment; 8 Theory of Symptom Management; 9 Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms; 10 Theory of Self-Efficacy; 11 Story Theory; 12 Theory of Family Stress and Adaptation; 13 Theory of Cultural Marginality; 14 Theory of Caregiving Dynamics; 15 Theory of Moral Reckoning; 16 Evaluation of Middle Range Theories for the Discipline of Nursing; Appendix: Middle Range Theories: 1988-2007; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Middle Range Theory for Nursing is a textbook designed for theory and research courses in master's and doctoral programs. As described in the 2d edition of the Encyclopedia of Nursing Research , middle range theory ""is a basic, usable structure of ideas, less abstract than grand theory and more abstract than empirical generalizations or micro-range theory . Middle-range theories are developed and grown at the intersection of practice and research to provide guidance for everyday practice and scholarly research rooted in the discipline of nursing."". In this revised and updated second edition, |
Titolo autorizzato: | Middle range theory for nursing |
ISBN: | 1-78268-171-X |
1-281-96444-1 | |
9786611964443 | |
0-8261-1917-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996339132403316 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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