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| View Larger Image | Integrated Knowledge Development in Nursing
by Peggy L. Chinn, Maeona K. Kramer
| | List Price: | $49.95 |  | | 8 New starting at: | $25.00 | | 24 Used starting at: | $13.75 | | | | | Sales Rank: | 239543 | | Studio: | Mosby | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 304 | | Publication Date: | November 04, 2003 | | Publisher: | Mosby |
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Product Description
· This comprehensive text holds a longstanding reputation for presenting a thorough and concise exploration of nursing theory and its development.
· This new edition builds upon the 5th edition by broadening various concepts of knowledge development to include aesthetic, ethical, personal, and empirical knowledge.
· The title change from Theory and Nursing: Integrated Knowledge Development to Integrated Knowledge Development in Nursing emphasizes the knowledge development theory that Chinn and Kramer have created and developed over the life of past editions.
Provides a solid foundation for the understanding of the development of nursing theory and its links with research.
Includes a special full-color insert at the front of the book that diagrams the underlying structure of knowledge development and its various manifestations as discussed by the authors.
Comprehensive discussion of theory, theory development, and the relationship of theory to nursing research and practice is presented in an organized, clearly explained format throughout the text.
Provides summary overview of the works of several major nursing theorists.
Appendices provide updated content on mid-range theories and valuable material on various conceptual models and frameworks in nursing.
A glossary at the end of the book explains key terms and phrases.
The 5th edition of the book was included on the Brandon-Hill list.
- Incorporates information on socio-political knowing into Chapter 1, which discusses and expands its focus on the importance of larger context to knowledge development.
- Includes new content on situation-specific theory and critical theory as it relates to the knowing patterns.
- Presents updated information on theory development, including postmodern influences, critical multiplism, and historical trends toward blending of methods (Chapter 2).
- Pattern integration and patterns through teaching strategies are discussed in Chapters 7, 8, and 9.
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 1.5 based on 5 reviews)
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Very Confusing! 
If I could give this horrible piece of "literature" zero stars I would. This is undoubtedly the worst written textbook I have ever had to endure. I wish I could get the hours of my life back that I spent hacking my way through the excess language and nonsense. This was required for my MSN program. Total waste of time and money! Good for a few laughs when reading passages outloud to people and watching their confusion grow.
April 11, 2008 | |
Obscenely poorly written
I'm sorry if you have to waste your money to buy this book. I want my money back! I had to read this for my MSN program; it made me so confused and frustrated that I just stopped using it and relied on Polit & Beck--much clearer. The worst were the explanations of nursing theories; many condradict themselves and the meanings are lost among the authors desperate attempts to sound scholarly; besides needing a decent editor, the authors need to review their APA manual, specifically under "economy of expression" where it very clearly says "say only what needs to be said"---a review on how to use a thesaurus wouldn't hurt either.
I had to give it a one star rating--that is still too many stars for it.
December 13, 2006 | |
book review 
the book is great... the shipping sucked! International courrier express mail took over 2 weeks to get here!
June 30, 2006 | |
I agree it is difficult!
I am also in a MSN program, will graduate this Sunday, and found this book to be very difficult!! I felt like each word was easy, but when combined with other easy words, made it impossible to understand.
May 18, 2006 | |
Nursing Theory
If you have your PhD, this is good book. I am in graduate school for MSN and will throw this book away after my course is finished.
Over the top vocabulary.
February 25, 2006 | |
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