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This esteemed text for graduate-level nursing students focuses on the science and philosophy of nursing knowledge development, with a special emphasis on theory as a tool in developing practice-relevant knowledge. It is distinguished by its focus on practical applications of theory for scholarly, evidence-based approaches. The second edition features important updates and a reorganization of information to better highlight the roles of theory and the major philosophical perspectives in knowledge development. It also introduces two new chapters: The DNP Project: Translating Research Into Knowledge for Practice, and Generating Knowledge in Practice. Summary Points and Questions for Reflection at the end of each chapter help to reinforce knowledge. The text offers a comprehensive overview of the philosophy and history of science, the structures of nursing knowledge, and a path for knowledge development. It is unique in its reach beyond the traditional views about theory in nursing. It advocates equipping practitioners as well as other nurses with the tools to make theory more relevant to their own practice and to inspire confidence to be active participants in building knowledge for nursing. The text will help students become aware of their own philosophical and theoretical ideas and knowledge embedded in their practice and to learn strategies for developing theory-based knowledge—strategies that are practice relevant and practice based. NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION: New chapters: The DNP Project: Translating Research Into Knowledge for Practice and Generating Knowledge in Practice Reorganization of material to better highlight the roles of theory and the major philosophical perspectives in knowledge development Summary Points at the end of each chapter KEY FEATURES: Balances theoretical and philosophical ideas with practical perspectives Includes concrete strategies for knowledge development Explicates the shared and distinct roles of DNP and PhD nurses in knowledge development Introduces “intermodernism” to support practice-based theory and knowledge development Introduces “Interludes” whereby readers can examine specific strategies of knowledge development

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Author:   Pamela G. Reed ,  Nelma B. Crawford Shearer, PhD, RN, FAAN
Publisher:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9780826149916

ISBN 10:   082614991
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   24 October 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Spiral Path of Nursing Knowledge Pamela G. Reed 2. A Philosophy of Nursing Science and Practice: Intermodernism Pamela G. Reed 3. Doctoral Nursing Roles in Knowledge Generation Donna M. Velasquez, Donna Behler McArthur, and Catherine Johnson 4. Practitioner-Centered Research: Nursing Praxis and the Science of the Unique Gary Rolfe 5. Interlude I: The Mandala and Discovering Nursing Worldviews Nelma B. Crawford Shearer 6. The DNP Project: Translating Research Into Knowledge for Practice Jennifer Ruel, Donna Behler McArthur, and Pamela G. Reed 7. Interlude II: Mindfulness and Knowledge Development in Nursing Practice Catherine Johnson 8. Creating a Nursing Intervention out of a Passion for Theory and Practice Nelma B. Crawford Shearer 9. Interlude III: Practitioner as Theorist: A Nurse’s Toolkit for Theoretical Thinking in Nursing Pamela G. Reed 10. Clinical Scholarship: History and Future Possibilities Rene Love 11. Generating Knowledge in Practice: Philosophical and Methodological Considerations Pamela G. Reed and Barbara B. Brewer 12. Interlude IV: Community-Based Nursing Praxis as a Catalyst for Generating Knowledge Cathleen Michaels 13. A Paradigm for the Production of Practice-Based Knowledge: Philosophical and Practical Considerations Pamela G. Reed 14. Interlude V: Steps in Reformulating a Nursing Practice Concept: Empowerment as an Example Nelma B. Crawford Shearer and Pamela G. Reed 15. The Practice Turn and Nursing Theory Innovation Pamela G. Reed Index

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Pamela G. Reed, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor at The University of Arizona College of Nursing. Nelma B. C. Shearer, PhD, RN, FAAN is Associate Professor Emeritas and former Director of the Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence at Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation.

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