Books authored by Patricia Benner

•  From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice.Patricia Benner, Published 1984,

                 The book mainly describes the five stages of skill acquisition, the nature of clinical judgment and experiential learning and the seven major domains of nursing practice. This book is intended for nurses and health care professionals as it uncovers the knowledge embedded in clinical nursing practice and it provides an interpretive approach to identifying and describing clinical knowledge, nursing functions, effective management, research and clinical practice, career development and education, plus practical applications.

 

• Stress and Satisfaction on the Job : Work Meanings and Coping of Mid-Career Men.Patricia E. Benner / Hardcover / Published 1984 

    The book talks about the various meanings of work and relationship to work stress and coping.

 

• The Primacy of Caring: Stress and Coping in Health and Illness.

Patricia Benner & Judith Wrubel, Published 1988,

                The book focuses on patients response to stress. The breadth and value of the nursing experience is reinforced as nurses share how their caring made a critical difference for patients and their families.

• Interpretive Phenomenology:Embodiment Caring, and Ethics in Health and Illness.

Patricia Benner (Editor), Published 1994

                The book develops understanding of the strategies and processes involved in innovative approach to nursing.

• Expertise in Nursing Practice:Caring, Clinical Judgment, and Ethics.

Patricia Benner, et. al., Published 1995,

                The book clearly talks about the skills needed to become an expert nurse. It serves as a valuable resource that will enable nurses to expand their knowledge, clinical skills, and become successful experts in nursing practice. The book mainly includes insights about guidance for nurses new to the field. It also discusses the importance of good clinical judgment and It provides guidelines for strengthening nurse patient relationship.

• The Crisis of Care: Affirming and Restoring Caring Practices in the Helping Professions

Susan S. Phillips & Patricia Practice, (Editors) Published 1994,

                The book talks about the values and skills involved in quality caregiving at the individual level and affirm their importance for reshaping our public caregiving institutions. It speaks to provide the core nourishment that sustains and enhances those who offer human service to others.

• Caregiving : Readings in Knowledge, Practice, Ethics, and Politics.

(Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving) Published 1996,

                The book intends to understand and value the work of caregiving and provide support for professional and family caregivers. It intends to look not only at the financial, emotional, and physical demands of giving and receiving care but at the strengths and rewards inherent in the world of caregiving.

• Clinical Wisdom and Interventions in Critical Care: A Thinking-In-Action Approach.

Patricia Benner, Pat Hooper-Kyriakidis and Daphne Stannard

                The book talks about how critical care nurses use scientific knowledge, professional experience, and a careful attention to each patient's changing condition to provide excellent nursing care.