Family Nursing : Research, Theory, and Practice (5th ed)

Appropriate for students and clinicians alike, this popular text addresses the full practice of family nursing - from assessment to diagnosis to intervention.

Teaching holistic, philosophical approach, it details the theoretical foundations family nursing as well as nursing theories in family nursing practice.

Revised content throughout provides a comprehensive and relevant presentation, with updated statistics and references as well as new chapters that address practice areas.

Well-organized and complete, this is the ideal resource for building a sound theoretical background of nursing interventions.The FEATURES include: new family vignettes at the end of each chapter apply content to real-life situations; new chapters addressing practice areas include family assessment, family diagnoses, and family nursing interventions; new coverage of family nursing practice gives comprehensive treatment to gender differences, sociocultural variation, and differences created by health alterations; new Chapter outlines detail core content and organize learning goals; family assessment model details the knowledge needed to complete assessment and develop diagnoses and intervention guidelines; chapter-end summaries, questions and answers highlight essential information and test understanding; and discussions of advanced clinical practice settings offer insight into the field.