Chinn, Peggy L. <br/><br/>
Integrated theory and knowledge development in nursing / 

 - 8th ed. 
 - St. Louis, MO :  Mosby/Elsevier,  c2011. 
 - xiii, 272 p. :  ill. ; 
<br/><br/>Nursing's fundamental patterns of knowing -- The history of knowledge development in nursing -- Emancipatory knowledge development -- Ethical knowledge development -- Personal knowledge development -- Aesthetic knowledge development -- Empiric knowledge development : conceptualizing and structuring -- Description and critical reflection of empiric theory -- Confirmation and validation of empiric knowledge using research -- Confirmation and validation of empiric knowledge in practice. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780323077187 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing<br/>Nursing Theory.<br/>Knowledge.<br/>Philosophy, Nursing.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>MED RT84.5  / C49