Nursing Knowledge Development and Clinical Practice: Opportunities and Directions
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How does nursing knowledge develop and how do we incorporate this knowledge into the practice of nursing?Is it possible for nursing theory to address the needs of clinical practice?These key questions in the field of nursing are explored in this groundbreaking work. Based on their five-year experience as co-chairs of the New England Knowledge Conferences and the contributions of nurse clinicians and academics, the book addresses issues critical to improving the quality and delivery of health care.Concentrating on four major themes--the current state of nursing knowledge, the philosophy of nursing knowledge, the integration of nursing knowledge with practice, and examples of the impact on health care delivery when nursing knowledge is applied--Nursing Knowledge Development and Clinical Practice gives concrete examples of how nursing knowledge can improve nursing practice and overall health care delivery both today and in the future. Doody Review Services Reviewer:Diane M Tomasic, EdD, RN(Slippery Rock University )Description:This is a compilation of scholarly papers focusing the development of nursing knowledge and clinical practice for the improvement of healthcare quality and delivery.Purpose:The purpose of this book is to provide the principles and exemplars for improving practice based on nursing knowledge. The goal is to provide a dialogue of how nursing knowledge is envisioned and how it affects practice.Audience:The target audience is masters and doctoral students and faculty. The authors and contributors are well known nurse scholars.Features:The book is divided into four parts. Part I focuses on the state of the art of nursing knowledge, including factors influencing nursing knowledge, achievements, and challenges. Part II focuses on the philosophical basis for the future of nursing knowledge development, utilization, and evaluation in clinical and academic settings. Part III focuses on the integration of nursing knowledge into practice. Finally, Part IV provides six exemplars that depict the application of nursing knowledge.Assessment:This book should be useful to the target audience to foster dialogue on the development of the science of nursing.
ContributorsixPrefacexiPart IState of the Art of Nursing Knowledge: Visions and Issues1Advances in Nursing Knowledge and the Challenge for Transforming Practice32Elaborating the Tradition of Careful Nursing in Ireland393The Role of Terminology in Identifying the Content of the Discipline514Mid-Range Theory: Impact on Knowledge Development and Use in Practice615Linking the Nature of the Person With the Nature of Nursing Through Nursing Theory and Practice and Nursing Language in Brazil796Challenge to Action93Part IIPhilosophical Basis for Knowledge7Knowledge as Problem Solving1078Experiencing the Whole: Health as Expanding Consciousness (State of the Art)1199Poststructuralist Feminist Analysis in Nursing12910Knowledge as Universal Cosmic Imperative14511A Synthesis of Philosophical Perspectives for Knowledge Development163Part IIIIntegrated Knowledge for Nursing Practice12Toward an Integrated Epistemology for Nursing18113Moderate Realism as an Approach to Integrated Knowledge for Practice19114Critical Narrative Epistemology20115Unifying Nursing Language: Communicating Nursing Practice21516Understanding Suffering From a Cosmic Imperative23317Integrated Nursing Knowledge: A Prerequisite for Systems' Redesign247Part IVImpact on Health and Patient Care-Exemplars for the Future18Margaret Newman's Theory and Research Method: A Case Illustration26719The Nursing Theory and Practice Link: Creating a Healing Environment Within the Preadmission Nursing Practice27520Linking Theory Research, and Clinical Practice in Weight Management28721Evolution of a Method in Knowledge Assimilation: Case Study in Chronic Illness29522Unity, Diversity, Conformism, and Chaos: Applications of Roy's Epistemology of the Universal Cosmic Imperative30723Global Applications of the Cosmic Imperative for Nursing Knowledge Development315AppendixHistory of New England Knowledge Conferences327Index331
