Concept Development in Nursing: Foundations, Techniques, and Applications

By Beth L. Rodgers, Beth L. Rodgers PhD RN FAAN, Kathleen A. Knafl PhD

Book Overview

This book presents state-of-the-art methods for developing concepts appropriate for nursing. It presents a wide array of approaches to concept developments, ranging from the classic to the cutting-edge in a matter that balances philosophical foundations with techniques and practical examples.Explores approaches ranging from the classic to constructivist to critical or postmodernBalances philosophy and methods, illustrating each method with a complete example of a specific concept developed using that method.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 072168243X
• ISBN13: 9780721682433
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"