Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nursing as theory laden practice -- Developing an evidence base for practice -- Models for practice -- Basis of models -- Traditional model for nursing practice -- Common characteristics of nursing models - the patient or client -- Common characteristics of nursing models - the nurse and nursing -- Activities of living model for nursing -- Self-care model for nursing -- Adaptation model for nursing -- Health care systems model for nursing -- Goal attainment model for nursing -- Developmental model for nursing -- Humanistic nursing theory -- Human becoming -- Human science and human caring -- Analysing and evaluating models for practice -- Using a nursing model.

Nursing Models for Practice is an outstanding textbook with an international reputation, which has retained its popularity with students for more than a decade. The second edition continues to offer an excellent introduction to the background theory and application of models in nursing practice. In a world where nurses are being asked to be more and more explicit about the contribution they make to health care, the evidence on which they base their practice, the actions they take, and the outcomes they are working towards with patients all have to be justified. The use of well developed theoretical models is therefore becoming even more important. Critically, they help not only to plan care but also to explain to others exactly what is it that they are aiming to achieve. The book retains all its poplar characteristics. Key features include: major updating and appropriate text expansion; easily accessible and reader friendly style; complex ideas explained clearly, avoiding jargon; reference to external changes which are influencing current health care services; summaries of three additional models: those of Watson, Parse, and Paterson and Zderad, all of whom have drawn on a more interpretive school of thought and offer an alternative approach. The book has not been changed for the sake of change; where ideas have stood the test of time they have required only slight modifications. However, attention has been paid to the increasing interest in, for example, greater emphasis on public accountability, ethical debates around prioritising, what is and what is not health care, developments in nursing theory and a wider perspective on the analysis of models. The second edition will be welcomed as a vital introduction to the world of models for students of nursing, whether at an introductory level or for those returning to study in order to update their knowledge.