Concept of the month: implementing King's Conceptual Framework at the bedside.
Acknowledging the use of conceptual frameworks as the future of nursing, administrators are searching for methods to incorporate theory into practice. The challenge is to do this in a way that is meaningful and useful to the nurse at the beside. The authors describe how one directorate, in a 650-bed community hospital, developed a program that enabled nurses to understand and apply Imogene King's systems and concepts to their practice.
Byrne
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Department of Nursing, Centenary Hospital, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
Schreiber
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D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*