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008			110915s2012 ph 000 0 eng
020			_a9781605472119
040			_cMANILA TYTANA COLLEGES LIBRARY
090			_aCIR RT 84.5 M45 2012
100	1		_aMeleis, Afaf Ibrahim.
245	1	0	_aTheoretical nursing : _bdevelopment and progress / _cAfaf Ibrahim Meleis, Margaret Bond Simon Dean.
250			_a5th ed.
260			_aPhiladelphia : _bWolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, _c2012.
300			_axiii, 672 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 502-635) and indexes.
520			_a"An additional assumption was that the processes for theory development were new to nursing and hence, nurses in graduate programs learned strategies for advancing knowledge from other disciplines. This assumption was debunked with the knowledge that nurses were always engaged in knowledge development, driven by their experiences in clinical practice. Because of these assumptions, most of the early writing about theory development was about outlining strategies that should be used, rather than strategies that have already been used in the discipline to develop theories. Theorists themselves did not uncover or adequately discuss ways by which they developed their theories, therefore the tendency was to describe processes that were based on theories developed in other disciplines, mainly the physical and social sciences. And an implicit assumption was made that there should be a single strategy for theory development, some claiming to begin the process from practice, and others believing it should be driven by research"--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aNursing _xPhilosophy.
650	1	2	_aNursing Theory.
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