Conceptual Foundations
| Author | : Joan L. Creasia, Ph.D. |
| Publisher | : Mosby Incorporated |
| Total Pages | : 16 |
| Release | : 2006-12-19 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 9780323043809 |
Issues and Trends Online is an interactive and evaluative learning system designed to support Creasia/Parker: Conceptual Foundations: A Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice, 4th Edition. This comprehensive course package consists of 15 modules that tie directly to many of the chapters in the main textbook. All of the modules are consistently organized throughout the course to keep the learner focused on pertinent information. The general module structure provides student objectives, required reading, notes from the instructor, learning activities/exercises, summary, additional resources on the Internet and critical thinking questions. Each module is organized in a consistent format and features an introduction, student objectives, reading assignment, learning activities/exercises, summary, test your knowledge, additional resources on the Internet, and critical thinking questions to keep readers focused on pertinent information. Features student objectives that provide clear, visual explanations of concepts. Offers reading assignments to link online content to the text. Features learning activities/exercises using a variety of engaging exercises designed to test content knowledge and critical thinking skills. Offers a summary to provide a wrap-up of the content in each module to keep the reader focused on pertinent information. Includes a test your knowledge quiz to wrap up the content at the end of every module. Includes additional resources on the Internet requiring students to do further research to incorporate into online assignments. Provides critical thinking questions to help the student to adequately apply knowledge of key concepts. Includes a user's guide with complete instructions on how to get started with the online course, a full description of each feature available, and how to work through each section of the course. Also available packaged with Creasia/Parker: Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice, 4th Edition.
Foundations of Professional Nursing
| Author | : Katherine Renpenning, MScN |
| Publisher | : Springer Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2016-05-15 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0826133657 |
Integrates the science of self-care with other nursing and multidisciplinary perspectives This is the first text for the Professional Nursing Practice course in RN to BSN curriculum to present a conceptual framework for contemporary nursing practice based on the science of self-care that also incorporates other nursing and multidisciplinary perspectives. Built upon the premise that nursing is both a caring and a knowledge-based profession, this cutting-edge text illustrates how to attain and integrate knowledge from nursing theory and theories of related disciplines to achieve optimal evidence-based nursing practice. Using case studies to demonstrate the relationship between nursing theory and practice, the text underscores the importance of having a deep understanding and conceptual model of the unique role of nursing in society and its practice domain. The text instills a foundational understanding of the science of self-care and its contribution to contemporary nursing. It describes how this paradigm is gaining recognition as an effective anti-burnout strategy and demonstrates how it can be applied. Case examples from a variety of clinical situations integrated with nursing theory demonstrate the variables needed to achieve optimal nursing practice. The book illustrates what data to collect, how to analyze that data, how to design and implement intervention strategies, and how to determine their effectiveness. Key concept boxes, measurable objectives with critical thinking questions, and learning activities reinforce content. Additionally, more complex cases included at the end of the text and frequent links to nursing literature provide fodder 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 at the end of chapters and many other pedagogical features
Professional Nursing E-Book
| Author | : Beth Black |
| Publisher | : Elsevier Health Sciences |
| Total Pages | : 418 |
| Release | : 2019-06-26 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0323594786 |
- NEW! Updated information on the Affordable Care Act keeps you in the know. - NEW! Information on care coordination prepares you to make more informed decisions about patient care. - NEW! Information on care transitions so you know what to expect upon entering the workforce. - NEW! Increased content on diversity in nursing, ethnocentrism, moral distress and moral courage, communication models (SBAR, CUS and others), and RN to BSN education. - NEW! Cognitive rehearsal prepares you for the unlikely threat of lateral violence - NEW! Tips on documentation include both electronic and paper types. - NEW! Social justice in nursing helps you to learn to advocate for patients who need your help.
Conceptual Foundations of Occupational Therapy Practice
| Author | : Gary Kielhofner |
| Publisher | : F.A. Davis |
| Total Pages | : 331 |
| Release | : 2009-06-19 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0803623488 |
PREPARE YOUR OT STUDENTS TO BECOME OT THINKERS. Thoroughly revised and updated, the 4th Edition of this groundbreaking text traces the historical development of the foundations of modern occupational therapy theory; examines its status today; and looks to its future. Dr. Kielhofner compares and contrasts eight well-known models, using diagrams to illustrate their practical applications and to highlight their similarities and differences. Well organized chapters are supported by extensive references.
Nursing Theories
| Author | : Kathleen Masters |
| Publisher | : Jones & Bartlett Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 424 |
| Release | : 2014-07-15 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1284041409 |
Covers the work of those who have been central to nursing theory for decades as well as many newer theorists. The text draws content from topics such as philosophy, conceptual models and the middle range theories of nursing.
Conceptual Foundations - E-Book
| Author | : Elizabeth E. Friberg |
| Publisher | : Elsevier Health Sciences |
| Total Pages | : 463 |
| Release | : 2013-09-27 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0323266207 |
Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice, 5th Edition provides the background you need to succeed in your role as a professional nurse. It discusses the concepts that define the nursing profession, covering everything from the history of nursing to current challenges in the profession. Expert educators Joan L. Creasia, PhD, RN, and Elizabeth E. Friberg, MSN, RN, bring together the best minds of nursing for an in-depth look at the profession's major theories, practices, and principles. Vignettes, each written by a practicing nurse, open each chapter with a specific scenario and application of professional behaviors. Critical Thinking Exercises at the end of each chapter help you to use and apply what you've learned. Objectives at the beginning of each chapter provide a framework for study. Key points at the end of each chapter help you focus on important information. New Patient Safety chapter prepares you for expanded nursing responsibility for patient safety, adherence to regulatory requirements of the Joint Commission, and the implementation of best practices to create health care that is safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered. New Genetics and Genomics in Professional Nursing chapter defines the nurse's role in family history assessment and genetic testing, explains how genetic testing is used in clinical practice, and identifies ethical issues related to this emerging practice.
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing
| Author | : Thomas L. Christenbery, PhD, RN, CNE |
| Publisher | : Springer Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 2017-12-28 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0826127592 |
A fundamental, reader-friendly guide to evidence-based practice (EBP) for BSN, MSN, and DNP nursing students, Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing explains the conceptual underpinnings of EBP and demonstrates how nurses can put EBP concepts into practice. Replete with critical knowledge, skills, tools, and scholarly development to enable nurses to fully and confidently deliver the highest-quality EBP care, this book eschews a one-size-fits-all approach unique systematic guidelines for understanding and applying EBP. Building blocks of information grow progressively more complex to apply to any point along nursing’s academic trajectory. Thoughtfully organized to fit a variety of EBP-related course objectives, Evidence Based Practice in Nursing easily adapts for standalone EBP courses at any level as well as advanced practice specialty courses that integrate EBP content. This book addresses the needs of all nursing instructors, including those who teach at multiple levels simultaneously. Key content discusses requisite conceptual knowledge of EBP for building clinical decision-making skills; conceptualizing, implementing, and evaluating EBP projects; conducting translational research and quality improvement for implementation and evaluation of EBP; developing leadership and structural empowerment strategies; and analyzing how students at each degree/level work with EBP independently, inter-professionally, and intraprofessionally. Chapters align with AACN essentials. Key Features: Follows a methodical systematic trajectory building from simple to complex concepts Includes abundant examples demonstrating both negative and positive EBP applications Enables instructors to adopt one textbook for BSN, MSN, and DNP students Includes practical design templates for developing EBP information plans with critical guideposts Provides a quality improvement toolkit, key words and concepts, illustrative tables, and figures
Foundations of Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice
| Author | : Janet S. Fulton |
| Publisher | : Springer Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 490 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0826110673 |
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