Nursing:
Theory, Practice & Research By Rowe Kaakinen,
5th Edition
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Introduction To The Instructor’s
Guide
This Instructor’s Guide Is Designed To Provide Strategies For Teaching
Family Nursing To Undergraduate And Graduate Nursing Students, And To
Already Practicing Professional Nurses Who Are Learning To Be More Family
Focused In Their Nursing Care. The Editors Of This Textbook And Instructor’s
Guide Believe That The Best Nurses Are Those Who Expand Their Scientific
Knowledge Through Creative And Reflective Thought, Behavior, And
Experiences Using Evidence-Based Practices. The Authors Of The Family Health
Care Nursing: Theory, Practice And Research, Fifth Edition, Instructor’s Guide
Utilize The University Of British Columbia (UBC) Model Of Teaching (Thorne,
Chillings, Ellis, & Perry, 1992), Which Incorporates Activities For Understanding,
Reflection, Behavioral Experiences, And Growth Throughout This Manual. This
UBC Model, Originally Designed For Nursing Care Of Individuals, Has Been
Adapted For The Instructor’s Guide To Be Applied To Families, Recognizing The
Uniqueness Of Each Individual Family And The Nursing Role In Providing Care
During Critical Periods In The Family Life Cycle. Family Nurses’ Many Roles
Assist Families In Strengthening Their Abilities, Enhancing Protective Strategies,
Sustaining Strengths, And Developing Positive Coping Strategies Through
Therapeutic Communication And Holistic Care. By Helping Nursing Faculty
Teach And Guide Undergraduate And Graduate Nursing Students, As Well As
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Practicing Professional Nurses, To Explore Individual And Family Meanings
Attached To Health Events, The Fifth Edition Textbook And Instructor’s Guide
Can Help Shape Ideas, Develop Trust, And Nurture Therapeutic Relationships
Between The Health Care System And Families.
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Five Primary Theoretical Approaches Are Introduced And Used Throughout
Family Health Care Nursing: Theory, Practice And Research, Fifth Edition:
Family Systems Theory, Family Life Cycle Theory, Family Health And Illness
Cycle Model, Bioecological Theory, And Family Assessment And Intervention
Model. These Five Theoretical Approaches Are Applied To Several Case Studies
Within The Text, To Help Nursing Faculty Demonstrate Clinical Applicability Of
Critical Concepts.
The Instructor’s Guide Is Written To Be Adaptable Into A Wide Range Of
Curricular Frameworks, Which Include Family Nursing, Such As Stand-Alone
Family Nursing Courses, And Family Nursing Concepts And Theory As Integrated
Within Other Nursing Courses. In The Textbook Foreword, You Will Note That
The Fifth Edition Of This Text Can Be Used To Teach Several Levels Of Nursing
Students (Undergraduate Or Graduate), As Well As Practicing Or Graduate
Nurses.
Each Chapter In The Instructor’s Guide Is Similarly Organized According
To The Following Components:
o Introductory Paragraph Summarizing The Contents Of The Chapter
o Critical Concepts
o Review Of Key Terms
o Quiz And Exam Questions (Most Chapters)
o Reflection Questions