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NURSING EDUCATION
RESEARCH & THEORY
Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress, Sixth Edition
Afaf Ibraham Meleis, RN, PhD, FAAN
January 2017 / Hardbound / 7" x 10" / 688 pp. / 7 Illus. / 50 Tables
978-0-06-000042-4
DESCRIPTION
Inspire your students to be theoretical thinkers, innovative advocates, and
agents for change. Focused on cultivating the next generation of scholars,
this highly respected classic demystifies theory, charts strategies to use in
developing and advancing theory, and provides tools and best practices in
evaluating progress in the discipline. Based on the feedback of nursing students,
this edition was updated to be more accessible without losing the necessary
rigor to foster critical thinking. Meleis provides a developmental and historical
review of theoretical nursing and helps readers develop analytic skills and integrate knowledge into a coherent
whole. By embarking on the journey of nursing theory, practicing nurses will find ways to improve everyday
practice, as well as develop theories that capture their expertise.
Highlights of the Sixth EditionKey Topics
• Paradigms that influenced nursing thought, such as feminism and post-colonialism
• Nursing Theories, including need, interaction, and outcome theories
• Social and health care transitions and their influence on advancing nursing knowledge
• The most updated global definitions of the discipline of nursing and the future of nursing
• Critical discussions on how different classifications of theories may lead to productive explorations and
explanations of the process of clinical judgment and decision making