Expertise in Nursing Practice

Caring, Clinical Judgment, and Ethics
2. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8261-2544-6
Verlag: Springer Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 750 g

This book examines the nature of clinical knowledge and judgment. The authors present a report of a six-year study of over 1,300 hospital nurses, primarily in critical care. The contributors document and analyze their clinical narratives for stages of clinical skill acquisition and the components of expert practice. Ultimately, this work examines the meaning of expertise in nursing practice through the nurse's use of scientific knowledge, professional experience, and careful attention to each patient's changing condition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benner, Patricia RN FAAN

Chesla, Catherine A. RN DNSc

Tanner, Christine A. RN FAAN

Über Autor(innen)

<p><b>Patricia Benner, PhD, RN, FAAN</b>, is a professor emerita of nursing in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and an honorary fellow in the Royal College of Nursing, United Kingdom. She is the author of <i>From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice</i>, which has been translated into 10 languages and provides the background for this research; has coauthored with Judith Wrubel in <i>The Primacy of Caring, Stress and Coping in Health and Illness; Expertise in Nursing Practice: Caring, Clinical Judgment and Ethics</i> with Christine Tanner and Catherine Chesla; and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching National Nursing Education Study entitled, <i>Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical Transformation</i> (Benner, Sutphen, Leonard, & Day, 2010). Dr. Benner coedited <i>Interpretive Phenomenology in Health Care Research</i> (Chan, Brykczynski, Malone, & Benner, 2010). Dr. Benner is currently conducting research on clinical knowledge and experiential learning of nurses caring for wounded warriors in combat zones with Dr. Patricia Kelley and colleagues from the Federal Tri-Service Research Program.</p>