Foundations of Professional Nursing Care of Self and Others

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Author: Katherine Renpenning, MScN, Susan Taylor, PhD, MSN, FAAN, Judith Pickens, PhD, RN
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Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Publication Date: 2016
ISBN 10: 0826133649
ISBN 13: 9780826133649
eISBN: 9780826133656
Edition: 1st
Description:
This is the first text for the Professional Nursing Practice course in RN to BSN curriculum to present a conceptual framework for contemporary nursingpractice based on the science of self-care that also incorporates other nursing and multidisciplinary perspectives. Built upon the premise that nursing isboth a caring and a knowledge-based profession, this cutting-edge text illustrates how to attain and integrate knowledge from nursing theory and theoriesof related disciplines to achieve optimal evidence-based nursing practice. Using case studies to demonstrate the relationship between nursing theory andpractice, the text underscores the importance of having a deep understanding and conceptual model of the unique role of nursing in society and its practicedomain.
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