A Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research

Book excerpt: For students and professional nurses and those engaged in conducting research the Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research offers you a handy resource that defines - and discusses - frequently used terms and concepts in the field. This impressive reference tool pulls together key terms in nursing theory and research, includes extended discussions of those terms, gives examples of situations in which such terms are employed, and provides citations to books and journal articles where the terms are further elaborated. Entries vary in length, with the greatest attention given to those terms which are the most basic and most commonly used, as well as terms associated with innovation and change. Corss-references are provided for terms tha