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Citation
(2007), "Solution-focused Nursing – Rethinking Practice", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 20 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2007.06220aae.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2007, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Solution-focused Nursing – Rethinking Practice
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Solution-focused Nursing – Rethinking Practice
Magaret McAllisterPalgrave MacmillanISBN 1 40394 627 2
Keywords: Managing change, Quality frameworks, Patient centred care
This book discusses an innovative approach to nursing practice. Solution-focused nursing is a practical philosophy which emphasises change at three levels: the client, nursing and society. It teaches three important principles: to be cautious of dominant paradigms, to focus not only on problems but solutions too, and to work with and for clients rather than on them. Solution-Focused Nursing challenges common assumptions about care and provides a framework for nursing that is not just technical, but psychosocial too.
Contents include:
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Part one: principles of solution focused nursing:
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“An introduction to solution focused nursing”, M. McAllister.
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“Cultural roots and new developments in nursing”, M. Clinton.
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“The spirit of SFN: making change at three levels”, M. McAllister.
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Part two: contexts of nursing care:
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“Families in transition: early parenting”, J. Rowe and M. Barnes.
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“Working it out together: being solution-focused in the way we nurse with children and their families”, B. Carter.
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“Learning disabilities and solution focused nursing” M. Musker.
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“Youth work”, M..McAllister.
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“Expanding nurses’ capabilities in acute care”, A. Henderson.
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“Solution-focused mental health nursing”, K. Walsh and C. Moss.
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“Solution-focused nursing with survivors of sexual violence: a cultural context”, M. De Chesnay.
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“Living with chronic illness”, G..Gardner and A. Gardner.
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“Transitions in aging: a focus on dementia care nursing”, T. Adams and W. Moyle.
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“Facilitating family, friends and community transition through the experience of loss”, P. Morrison.
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“Helping other people to be solution focused”, M. McAllister.
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