Generating middle range theory : from evidence to practice [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of processes for creating knowledge for practice / Sister Callista Roy -- Processes for description and critical analysis of research / Sister Callista Roy -- Qualitative studies / Martha V. Whetsell and Kathryn Lauchner -- Quantitative studies : descriptive designs / Kathryn Lauchner and Martha V. Whetsell -- Quantitative studies : explaining, predicting, and prescribing designs / Martha V. Whetsell and Kathryn Lauchner -- Quantitative studies : interventions designs / Kathryn Lauchner and Martha V. Whetsell -- Synthesis of a middle range theory of coping / Sister Callista Roy -- Synthesis of middle range theory of adapting to life events / Sister Callista Roy -- Synthesis of middle range theory of adapting to loss / Marjorie C. Dobratz -- Synthesis of middle range theory of adapting to chronic health conditions: a lifelong process and a common journey / Ellen B. Buckner and Susan J. Hayden -- Synthesis of middle range theory of the adapting family / Susan J. Hayden and Ellen B. Buckner -- Evidence-based practice established on the levels of readiness for practice / Carolyn Padovano -- Roy adaptation model-based research : global view / Martha V. Whetsell, Ann Harrington and Sister Callista Roy.

Online resource; title from resource home page (ebrary, viewed February 24, 2016).

"Callista Roy, one of nursing's leading theorists and creator of the widely used Roy Adaptation Model of Nursing, presents a unique pathway for developing knowledge for nursing practice. Her book distills the most relevant information from 200 published research studies to provide a roadmap for progressing from nursing research to middle-range theory to optimum practice regimens. It is based on tested knowledge, clear evidence, and refined caring perspectives. Step by step, the text identifies and critiques research suited for developing cumulative knowledge for practice and uses the research to develop middle-range theories that apply across all health care settings. It then presents the evidence for practice for each middle range theory, refocuses EBP within nursing knowledge and within defined levels of readiness for practice, and recommends changes for practice based on evidence. Grounded in the Roy Adaptation Model of Nursing, the book provides a single conceptual basis for synthesis of research into middle range theories for use across all patient populations. It clarifies ways to select research from one conceptual basis to build middle-range theories, how to classify evidence for practice by levels of readiness, and recommend research-based changes in practice. The text includes quantitative and qualitative research designs and offers instruments to measure major concepts for implementation. Also included are plentiful examples, tables that display values across studies, definitions of major terms and concepts, and diagrams of concepts. Supplementing the text is a faculty guide for using the text to teach critical thinking at multiple graduate levels and videos illuminating each section of the book"--Publisher's description.

English.

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