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Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice

by Marlaine C. Smith, Marilyn E. Parker

5th Edition

Publisher: F. A. Davis Company

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Print ISBN9780803679917
eText ISBN9781719643177
PublisherF. A. Davis Company
Publishing Year2019
Edition5th Edition
LanguageEnglish
Pages576

Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, 5th Edition, provides nursing students and nursing scholars with a structured examination of theoretical frameworks. This textbook connects foundational ideas directly to professional practice responsibilities. Published by F. A. Davis Company, the volume details how systematic conceptual models guide clinical decision-making, care delivery, and professional disciplinary identity.

The text examines early historical conceptualizations alongside contemporary theories that form the basis of modern nursing practice. Specific units analyze conceptual models spanning the integrative-interactive and unitary-transformative paradigms. Broad thematic coverage encompasses grand theories, caring science, and specialized frameworks like bureaucratic caring. These perspectives illustrate how distinct paradigms organize knowledge and shape patient interaction.

Spanning 576 pages in print, this volume (ISBN 9780803679917) offers an organized academic progression for evaluating conceptual systems. It fits courses designed to establish clear links between theoretical principles and nursing practice environments. Readers gain structured practice in interpreting conceptual frameworks across diverse settings.

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing

  2. Chapter 2: A Guide for the Study of Nursing Theories for Practice

  3. Chapter 3: Choosing, Evaluating, and Implementing Nursing Theories for Practice

  4. Chapter 4: Florence Nightingale's Conceptualizations of Nursing

  5. Chapter 5: Early Conceptualizations About Nursing

  6. Chapter 6: Nurse-Patient Relationship Theories

  7. Chapter 7: Dorothy Johnson's Behavioral System Model

  8. Chapter 8: Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory

  9. Chapter 9: Imgoene King's Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment

  10. Chapter 10: Callista Roy's Adaptation Model

  11. Chapter 11: Betty Neuman's Systems Model

  12. Chapter 12: Helen Erickson, Evelyn Tomlin, and Mary Ann Swain's Theory of Modeling and Role-Modeling

  13. Chapter 13: Barbara Dossey's Theory of Integral Nursing

  14. Chapter 14: Martha E. Rogers Science of Unitary Human Beings

  15. Chapter 15: Rosemarie Rizzo Parse's Humanbecoming Paradigm

  16. Chapter 16: Margaret Newman's Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness

  17. Chapter 17: Madeleine Leininger's Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality

  18. Chapter 18: Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring Science and Theory of Human Caring

  19. Chapter 19: Theory of Nursing as Caring

  20. Chapter 20: Afaf Meleis' Transitions Theory

  21. Chapter 21: Katharine Kolcaba's Comfort Theory

  22. Chapter 22: Joanne Duffy's Quality-Caring Model ©

  23. Chapter 23: Pamela Reed's Theory of Self-Transcendence

  24. Chapter 24: Patricia Liehr and Mary Jane Smith's Story Theory

  25. Chapter 25: The Community Nursing Practice Model

  26. Chapter 26: Rozzano Locsin's Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing

  27. Chapter 27: Marilyn Anne Ray's Theory of Bureaucratic Caring

  28. Chapter 28: Troutman-Jordan's Theory of Successful Aging

  29. Chapter 29: Barrett's Theory of Power as Knowing Participation in Change®

  30. Chapter 30: Marlaine Smith's Theory of Unitary Caring

  31. Chapter 31: Kristen Swanson's Theory of Caring

  32. Chapter 32: Adeline Falk-Rafael’s Critical Caring Theory

  33. Chapter 33: Katie Eriksson’s Theory of Caritative Caring

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