Family Nursing: Research, Theory and Practice is appropriate for students and clinicians alike, in this popular text addresses the full practice of family nursing—from assessment to diagnosis to intervention. Teaching a holistic, philosophical approach, it details the theoretical foundations of family nursing as well as nursing theories in family nursing practice. Revised content throughout provides a comprehensive and relevant presentation, with updated statistics and references as well as new chapters that address practice areas. Well-organized and complete, this is the ideal resource for building a sound theoretical background of nursing interventions.

• New Family vignettes at the end of each chapter apply content to real-life situations.
• New chapters addressing practice areas include family assessment, family diagnosis and family nursing interventions.
• New Coverage of family nursing practice gives comprehensive treatment to gender differences, sociocultural variation, and differences created by health alterations.
• New Chapter outlines detail core content and organize learning goals
• Family assessment model details the knowledge needed to complete assessment and develop diagnoses and intervention guidelines.
• Chapter-end summaries, questions and answers highlight essential information and test understanding.
•  Discussions of advanced clinical practice settings offer insight into the field.