This book is an anthology of classic and contemporary nursing articles that address various theoretical and philosophical perspectives on the nature of theory and knowledge development. It is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the important discussions taking place regarding the structures and processes of knowledge building in nursing.
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Perspectives on Nursing Theory:
I also own the 2nd edition--amazed how far we have come in Nursing Theory. If you thought Nursing Theory was too vague to even think of using it for clinical practice, think again. We have come a long way baby!
I was disappointed in the latest edition.:
I first bought Leslie Nicoll's "Perspectives on Nursing Theory" when everyone else did, I suppose, during the theory sequence in my doctoral program, back in 1991-2. She had done doctoral students in nursing a great service, collecting around 50 of the classic papers from the early 1970's on in one volume, so we didn't have to dash madly around the library making copies from fragile volumes of 'Nursing Research' and 'ANS'. When I returned to academia this year and bought the newest iteration (the first... more info
