Name:

Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kean University

Master of Nursing Science (international Program)
279 713 Perspective in Nursing and Application
Academic Year 2014
Annotated Bibliography Form
Citation:
Meleis, A. I. (2011). The Discipline of Nursing: Perspective and Domain.
Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress (Fifth edition.). Philadelphia:
LWW.
Summary :
In this chapter, the nursing perspective, the domain of nursing knowledge, and
the definition of nursing are provided. By identifying, acknowledging, and
affirming the disciplines perspective, we could focus our knowledge
development efforts on the phenomena that nurses deal with, using a perspective that best reflects nursing views and values. A nursing perspective is
known by exploring nursing as a human science, with a practice orientation,
caring tradition, and a health orientation. The domain of nursing deals with
clients who are assumed to be in constant interaction with their environments,
human beings who have unmet needs related to their health or illness status,
who are not able to care for themselves or are not adapting to their
environments due to interruptions or potential interruptions in health
Reflection:

Name:
Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kean University
Master of Nursing Science (international Program)
279 713 Perspective in Nursing and Application
Academic Year 2014
Annotated Bibliography Form
Citation:
McEwen, M., & Wills, E. M. (2010). Overview of Theory in Nursing. Theoretical
Basis for Nursing, Third Edition (Third, North American Edition edition.).
Philadelphia: LWW.
Summary :
This chapter has presented an overview of this evolutionary process. In addition,
the basic types of theory and purposes of theory were described. The study of
theory requires exposure to many new concepts, principles, thoughts, and ideas,
as well as a student who is willing to see how theory plays an important role in
nursing practice, research, education, and administration. Although study and
use of theoretical concepts in nursing dates back to Nightingale, little progress in
theory development was made until the 1960s. Indeed, the past five decades
have produced significant advancement in theory development for nursing.
Reflection:

Name:
Faculty of Nursing, Khon Kean University
Master of Nursing Science (international Program)
279 713 Perspective in Nursing and Application
Academic Year 2014
Annotated Bibliography Form
Citation:
McEwen, M., & Wills, E. M. (2010). Theory Analysis and Evaluation. Theoretical
Basis for Nursing, Third Edition (Third, North American Edition edition.).
Philadelphia: LWW.
Summary :
This chapter has presented and analyzed a number of different methods for
evaluation of theory. Like many issues in the study of use of theory in nursing,
the process of theory evaluation, although important, is often confusing. In
addition, with very few exceptions, the methods or techniques were developed
and used almost exclusively to analyze and evaluate grand nursing theories. It is
hoped that with the current emphasis on development and use of both practice
and middle range theories, there will be a concurrent emphasis on the analysis
and evaluation of those theories.
The most commonly used methods were described in some detail and compared.
Following this comparison, a synthesized and simplified method for examination
of theory was presented. To further help the reader understand this process, this
chapter presents an exemplar of the proposed theory evaluation method.

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