2015 LWW Nursing Education Catalogue

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An IntroductiontoTheoryandReasoning inNursing, FourthEdition Betty Johnson, PhD, RN 978-1-4511-9035-9 • January2014 • Softbound •6” x9” •384pp.

Develop the strong reasoning skills you’ll need for competent and caring practice with An Introduction to Theory and Reasoning in Nursing . This proven bookwill help you understand theory, what it is, how it supports nurses and their practice and how you can use it to answer clinical questions and care for patientsmoreeffectively. Features • NEW! Anew research-validated reasoningmodel offers an alternativemodel tonursingprocess careplans: theClinical ReasoningPlan (CRP) template that uses actual nursing case studies. Facultywill haveaccess toaClinical EvaluationTool mirroring theCRP. • NEW! Summariesof Individual SupportTheories andNursing Theories identifyphenomenon, internal conceptsor variables, propositions, external variables, assumptions, andwhen relevant, facts, principles, and lawsderived from theories used innursing. • AdditionalNursingStories boxes illustrate theuseof theoryand reasoningandhelp students analyze theoretical concepts and their relationships toactual practice. • Bring theorists and their theories to life for your studentswith Theoristboxes that containabrief synopsisof the theorist’s lifeand aphotoof the theorist (whenavailable). • Giveyour students analternative tonursingprocess careplanswith anew research-validated reasoningmodel, theClinical Reasoning Plan (CRP) that uses actual nursing case studies. • Helpyour students understandhow theoryand reasoning is used in clinical practice through NursingStoryboxes . • Broadenyour students understandingof individual support theories andnursing theories throughSummaries that identifyphenomenon, internal conceptsor variables, propositions, external variables, and assumptions. • Increase studentmasteryof theory, research, and reasoning and their application tonursingpractice throughChapter Overviews, KeyWords inbold face type,ChapterOutlines.Chapter Introductions,ChapterSummaries, LearningActivities, anda comprehensiveGlossary. • Giveyour students anopportunity toexpand their understandingof specific topics throughupdatedReferences.

Table of Contents Ch. 1: An Introduction Ch. 2: Language,Meanings, Structure, andRelationships Ch. 3: Theory, Research, and Reasoning Ch. 4: ReasoningandTechnology Ch. 5: SupportTheory Ch. 6: FoundationsofNursingTheory Ch. 7: NursingTheory Ch. 8: TheoryEvaluation Ch. 9: Introduction toResearch Ch. 10: TheoryandPractice Ch. 11: MultidisciplinaryTheory Ch. 12: TheFuture Appendix

Research • Statistic & Theory