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Book Review: Family nursing in action

Book Review: Family nursing in action 439844 JFN18210.1177/10748407124398 44Book ReviewsJournal of Family Nursing © The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permission: http://www. sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Journal of Family Nursing 18(2) 296 –297 Book Review © The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permission: http://www. sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav http://jfn.sagepub.com Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Jonsdottir, H. (Eds.). (2011). Family nursing in action. Reykjavik: University of Iceland Press. Reviewed by: Maureen Leahey, RN, PhD, Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada DOI: 10.1177/1074840712439844 Looking for new useful ideas for family nursing clinical practice? Well, stop searching. Svavarsdottir and Jonsdottir’s new book is a cutting-edge treasure trove of relevant helpful ideas! Emphasizing translational knowledge in fam- ily nursing, the book covers three main areas: practice models in family nurs- ing, results of family nursing research and intervention, and innovations in programs of nursing research within a variety of health care settings and countries. The circularity between research and practice is beautifully dem- onstrated in several chapters; knowledge exchange is emphasized. Unique to the book is a forward before each of the three sections in which Benton, Gilliss, and Chesla comment on the field of family nursing and the chapters in their respective section. I agree wholeheartedly with Chesla’s (2011) comment that “a spirit of breaching the boundaries of practice, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Family Nursing SAGE

Book Review: Family nursing in action

Leahey, Maureen
Journal of Family Nursing , Volume 18 (2): 2 – May 1, 2012
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439844 JFN18210.1177/10748407124398 44Book ReviewsJournal of Family Nursing © The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permission: http://www. sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Journal of Family Nursing 18(2) 296 –297 Book Review © The Author(s) 2012 Reprints and permission: http://www. sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav http://jfn.sagepub.com Svavarsdottir, E. K., & Jonsdottir, H. (Eds.). (2011). Family nursing in action. Reykjavik: University of Iceland Press. Reviewed by: Maureen Leahey, RN, PhD, Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada DOI: 10.1177/1074840712439844 Looking for new useful ideas for family nursing clinical practice? Well, stop searching. Svavarsdottir and Jonsdottir’s new book is a cutting-edge treasure trove of relevant helpful ideas! Emphasizing translational knowledge in fam- ily nursing, the book covers three main areas: practice models in family nurs- ing, results of family nursing research and intervention, and innovations in programs of nursing research within a variety of health care settings and countries. The circularity between research and practice is beautifully dem- onstrated in several chapters; knowledge exchange is emphasized. Unique to the book is a forward before each of the three sections in which Benton, Gilliss, and Chesla comment on the field of family nursing and the chapters in their respective section. I agree wholeheartedly with Chesla’s (2011) comment that “a spirit of breaching the boundaries of practice,

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