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Health promotion for nurses : theory and practice / Stewart Piper.

By: Language: English Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2009Description: viii, 240 s. illISBN:
  • 9780415462624
  • 0415462622
  • 9780415462631
  • 0415462630
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.734 22
NLM classification:
  • WY 100
Other classification:
  • Vnaaa
  • Vpg
Contents:
Concept analysis and the language of theory and practice -- Operational definitions and theory-testing criteria -- General health education and health promotion framework review -- Health education and health promotion: nursing frameworks and practice -- Health promotion framework for nursing practice -- The nurse as behaviour change agent -- The nurse as empowerment facilitator : individual action perspective -- The nurse as empowerment facilitator : community action perspective -- The nurse as strategic practitioner
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Biblioteket HKR Biblioteket 610.734 Piper Available 11156000164697
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Health promotion is an increasingly high profile aspect of a nurse's role - both in line with health policy and as nursing has shifted from a disease model to a health model. This textbook explores how and why health promotion works in nursing, developing a new framework for understanding the nurse's role and promoting evidence-based practice.

Drawing on empirical research and discussing existing theories of health promotion and of nursing, Stewart Piper identifies three principal approaches:

The Nurse as Behaviour Change Agent The Nurse as Strategic Practitioner The Nurse as Empowerment Facilitator

The book describes the aims, processes, impact and outcomes of health promotion interventions in nursing for each of these models and identifies criteria for evaluating the associated nursing interventions - enabling clinical judgements about effective practice.

Evidence-based examples demonstrate the relationship between health promotion theory and pragmatic applications for nursing throughout. Each chapter includes an introduction, learning outcomes and exercises, making this an essential book for all nursing students studying health promotion.

Includes bibliographical references

Concept analysis and the language of theory and practice -- Operational definitions and theory-testing criteria -- General health education and health promotion framework review -- Health education and health promotion: nursing frameworks and practice -- Health promotion framework for nursing practice -- The nurse as behaviour change agent -- The nurse as empowerment facilitator : individual action perspective -- The nurse as empowerment facilitator : community action perspective -- The nurse as strategic practitioner