The Base for Professional Nursing Practice Fifth Edition The new edition of Nursing Theories: The Base for Professional Nursing Practice continues to be a tool for applying the concepts of well-known nursing theorists to contemporary clinical nursing practice. Each chapter is organized to relate the theorist's work to the nursing metaparadigm, clinical nursing practice, characteristics of a theory, and strengths as well as limitations of the theory. Interactive and practical, with references to every day practices, Nursing Theories includes:

• A new emphasis on the use of nursing theory in clinical practice.
• A new chapter on interdisciplinary practice.
• Published examples of theory strategies.
• Highlights of strengths and weaknesses for each theory.
• The application of abstract theories to nursing practice situations.
• An international contingent of theorists.
• New ~ Companion Website - prenhall.com/george - A comprehensive, text-specific, interactive review and applications.

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George, Julia B.

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