Research Catalog
Assessing and measuring caring in nursing and health sciences
- Title
- Assessing and measuring caring in nursing and health sciences / Jean Watson.
- Author
- Watson, Jean, 1940-
- Publication
- New York : Springer Pub. Co., [2009], ©2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | RT42 .W38 2009 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Watson Caring Science Institute.
- Description
- xix, 345 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "Thi book provides all the essential research tools for assessing and measuring carlng for those in the caring professions, Watson's text is the only comprehensive and accessible collection of instruments for such measurement in clinical and educational nursing research. The measurements address quality of care; patient, client, and nurse perceptions of caring; and caring behaviors, abilities, and efficacy." "Newly updated, this edition also contalns three new chapters, which document the most effective caring language and provide innovative methods of selecting appropriate tools for measurement based on validity and reliability." "Key features of new edition: A chapter providing a comprehensive literature review of the research and. measurement of caring; a chapter entitled "Caring Factor Survey," which presents a new scale based on Watson's original theory of human caring; chapters outlining instruments for care measurement, including the Holistic Caring Inventory, Peer Group Caring Interaction Scale, and many more."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Note
- "The Watson Caring Science Institute."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-333) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780826121967 (alk. paper)
- 0826121969 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008024566
- OCLC
- ocn230195156
- 230195156
- SCSB-8882356
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries