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9780803954236 Academic Inspection Copy

Developing a Philosophy of Nursing

  • ISBN-13: 9780803954236
  • Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
    Imprint: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
  • Edited by June F. Kikuchi, Edited by Helen Simmons
  • Price: AUD $268.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/12/1993
  • Format: Paperback 130 pages Weight: 200g
  • Categories: Nursing [MQC]
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What is a philosophy of nursing? What is required for its development? How is it related to contemporary conceptualizations of nursing? Answers to these and other questions are pursued by leading nursing scholars in this important new book. It will help the researcher gain a better grasp of what it will take to establish a sound philosophical basis for the development of nursing practice, education, research and administration.
PROLOGUE Clarifying the Nature and Place of a Philosophy of Nursing PART ONE: ESTABLISHING COMMON GROUND IN NURSING PHILOSOPHY A Philosophy of Nursing - Pamela J Salsberry What Is It? What Is It not? Commentary - Lynn Rew Commentary - Jacqueline Laurin Commentary - Ginette Page PART TWO: ACCOMMODATING DIVERSITY IN NURSING PHILOSOPHY Arriving at a Philosophy of Nursing - Marlaine C Smith Discovering? Constructing? Evolving? Eclecticism in Nursing Philosophy - Marian McGee Problem or Solution? Resolving Opposing Viewpoints - Rozella M Schlotfeldt Is It Desirable? Is It Practicable? PART THREE: ARTICULATING A SOUND PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING A Pragmatic Philosophy of Nursing - June F Kikuchi and Helen Simmons Developing a Sound Philosophy of Nursing - M Patricia Donahue Is Historical Nursing Knowledge Necessary? Some Further Thoughts on the Ethics of Nursing Rhetoric - Myra E Levine EPILOGUE Making Progress in Developing a Sound Philosophy of Nursing
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