Contemporary Nursing Knowledge: Analysis and Evaluation of Nursing Models and Theories

• CD-ROM features conceptual model- and theory-based practice applications, practice tools, research applications, and research instruments, as well as each chapter's bibliography.


• An overview and list of key terms at the beginning of each chapter provides a quick preview of the essential content.


• A consistent nursing process format for each conceptual model and theory help you understand how it is actually used in practice.


• Strategies demonstrate how to implement each nursing model and theory in clinical nursing practice.


• The most current bibliography includes published literature on conceptual models and theories—with yearly updates on DavisPlus.


• Quotations from primary sources represent each theorist’s work, avoiding confusing or inaccurate interpretations of their intent.


• Tables feature applications to practice and research listed according to development stage, medical diagnosis, and practice setting, and health focus.