Strengths-Based Nursing Care: Health And Healing For Person And Family

by Laurie N. Gottlieb PhD, RN

Overview

This is the first practical guide for nurses on how to incorporate the knowledge, skills, and tools of Strength-Based Nursing Care (SBC) into everyday practice. The text, based on a model developed by the McGill University Nursing Program, signifies a paradigm shift from a deficit-based model to one that focuses on individual, family, and community strengths as a cornerstone of effective nursing care. The book develops the theoretical foundations underlying SBC, promotes the acquisition of fundamental skills needed for SBC practice, and offers specific strategies, techniques, and tools for identifying strengths and harnessing them to facilitate healing and health. The testimony of 46 nurses demonstrates how SBC can be effectively used in multiple settings across the lifespan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826195876
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/22/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Laurie N. Gottlieb, RN, PhD, is a Professor, School of Nursing, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, where she holds the Flora Madeline Shaw Chair of Nursing.

Table of Contents

DedicationForeword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Panel of Consultants (Photos and Bios)
List of Frontline Nurses

PART 1: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF STRENGTHS-BASED NURSING CARE

CHAPTER 1: Why a Strengths-Based Approach to Care?
CHAPTER 2: What Guides Practice?
CHAPTER 3: Values Underlying Strengths-Based Nursing Care
CHAPTER 4: What are Strengths? Characteristics of Strengths

PART 2: THE ESSENTIAL TOOL BOX: BASIC SKILLS REQUIRED TO PRACTICE STRENGTHS-BASED NURSING CARE

CHAPTER 5: Essential Nurse Qualities Required for Strengths-Based Care
CHAPTER 6: Retraining the Eight Senses for Nursing Practice
CHAPTER 7: Nursingís Professional Gaze: Observations for Clinical Judgment and Decision Making
CHAPTER 8: Reforming Skills of Social Involvement: Attunement, Authentic Presence, Attentive Listening, and Clinical Conversation

PART 3: STRENGTHS-BASED NURSING CARE IN PRACTICE

CHAPTER 9: The Spiraling Process for Uncovering and Discovering Strengths
CHAPTER 10: Approaches for Working with Strengths

References
Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Vicki Ann Moss, DNSc, MS, BSN, RN (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)
Description: This one-of-a-kind book examines strengths-based nursing care and shows how it can balance the current dominant philosophy of deficit-based care. It is based on the McGill Model of Nursing and calls for a shift in the current medical deficit paradigm to a larger focus on individual, family, and community strengths in nursing practice.
Purpose: The purpose is to introduce strengths-based nursing care (SBC) and to serve as a guide for nurses to incorporate and implement the knowledge, skills, and tools of SBC into their nursing practice.
Audience: According to Patricia Benner, who wrote the foreword, this book should be used in every introductory nursing course as well as in advanced nursing practice graduate programs. It would be equally important for practicing nurses and those involved in healthcare redesign.
Features: The 10 chapters are divided into three parts that present the theoretical foundations of strengths-based nursing care, basic skills required to practice strengths-based nursing care, and strengths-based nursing care in practice. Chapters explore the values underlying SBC, retraining for nursing practice, and approaches to working with strengths, among other topics. All chapters begin with learning objectives and end with key summary points. Each chapter also includes an empirical study, a personal experience, and a "reflect and connect" exercise. An instructor's manual is also available.
Assessment: This is the first book to provide an in-depth exploration of strengths-based nursing care. It includes personal stories from practicing nurses and expert consultants using SBC, which enhances interest and credibility. It is filled with exercises and examples to help educators or nurses include SBC in their practice. As Dr. Benner states, the book is "accessible and easy to read but requires much personal and professional reflection."

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