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Assessing and measuring caring in nursing and health sciences / Jean Watson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xix, 345 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780826121967 (alk. paper)
  • 0826121969 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.73 22
LOC classification:
  • RT42 .W38 2009
NLM classification:
  • WY 100.5
Review: "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.
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"The Watson Caring Science Institute."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-333) and index.

"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.

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