Fellow RCSI Geraldine McCarthy, PhD, MSN, MEd, DipN, RNYT, RGN – författare

The only text to feature examples of 30 key concept analyses supporting nursing research and practice

This DNP and PhD doctoral-level nursing text delivers analyses of 30 core concepts that define nursing theory, research, education, and professional practice. Grounded in the concept analysis framework developed by Walker and Avant, the book clearly demonstrates how concepts are used to build theory, support research, and improve education and professional practice. Designed to facilitate practical applications of concept analysis methodology, all chapters provide an explicit description of each concept and a consistent framework for its analysis. Additionally, a diagrammatic representation of characteristics across concepts allows readers to make comparisons and ultimately to build on the text’s knowledge base.

Expert authors from clinical and research disciplines focus on the core of nursing-- the nurse-patient relationship--grouping concepts into the categories of patient/client-focused concepts, career-focused concepts, and organizational/systems-focused concepts. Within these groups the book addresses such contemporary themes as hope, postpartum depression, resilience, self-care, cultural competence, and many others. With its expansive descriptions and analyses of key nursing concepts within a consistent framework, the book will help nurse scholars to develop a sophisticated analytic ability and provide graduate nursing students with a foundation for developing a DNP capstone or PhD research project. Key Features:

Offers in-depth description and analyses of 30 core concepts relevant to nursing and related disciplines

Provides a consistent analytic framework throughout

Demonstrates a highly practical application of concept analysis methodology

Includes diagrams of characteristics across concepts for comparison

Authored by renowned scholars and practitioners

An unequalled compendium of cutting-edge information on self neglect

This authoritative resource in provides nurses and healthcare professionals with a comprehensive overview and analysis of self-neglect in older adults. With an aging global population, self-neglect is emerging as a complex problem that crosses multiple disciplines of health and social care. Characterized by a harmful inattention to health and hygiene, self-neglect manifests in a variety of ways across the world that healthcare professionals need to be able to recognize and manage.

The only text with the latest analysis of theoretical perspectives, research, and evidence from global leaders in the field, chapters tackle the interdisciplinary problem of self-neglect to deliver current professional practice tools and clinical practice interventions. Replete with case studies that examine the ethical, legal, and medical issues of self-neglect, the content is immediately applicable to researchers and clinicians. An extensive list of contributors from the U.S., Ireland, England, Scotland, Australia, Israel, Canada, and Korea include respected researchers, practitioners, and academics from multiple health and social care disciplines along with health and social care services who have played a critical role in advancing research, public awareness, and policy on self-neglect.

Key Features:

Delivers multi-faceted, cutting-edge information on self-neglect in older adults for nurses and related healthcare professionalsAddresses theory, research, evidence, assessment and measurement, and clinical practice interventionsIncludes practical applications, case studies, and illustrations in each chapterAuthored by an international panel of authoritative leaders in gerontologyProvides debate and discussion on self-neglect that will promote further enquiry and research