
Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice
by Marlaine C. Smith, Marilyn E. Parker
5th Edition
Publisher: F. A. Davis Company
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780803679917 |
| eText ISBN | 9781719643177 |
| Publisher | F. A. Davis Company |
| Publishing Year | 2019 |
| Edition | 5th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 576 |
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
Chapter 1: Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing
Chapter 2: A Guide for the Study of Nursing Theories for Practice
Chapter 3: Choosing, Evaluating, and Implementing Nursing Theories for Practice
Chapter 4: Florence Nightingale's Conceptualizations of Nursing
Chapter 5: Early Conceptualizations About Nursing
Chapter 6: Nurse-Patient Relationship Theories
Chapter 7: Dorothy Johnson's Behavioral System Model
Chapter 8: Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory
Chapter 9: Imgoene King's Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment
Chapter 10: Callista Roy's Adaptation Model
Chapter 11: Betty Neuman's Systems Model
Chapter 12: Helen Erickson, Evelyn Tomlin, and Mary Ann Swain's Theory of Modeling and Role-Modeling
Chapter 13: Barbara Dossey's Theory of Integral Nursing
Chapter 14: Martha E. Rogers Science of Unitary Human Beings
Chapter 15: Rosemarie Rizzo Parse's Humanbecoming Paradigm
Chapter 16: Margaret Newman's Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness
Chapter 17: Madeleine Leininger's Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality
Chapter 18: Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring Science and Theory of Human Caring
Chapter 19: Theory of Nursing as Caring
Chapter 20: Afaf Meleis' Transitions Theory
Chapter 21: Katharine Kolcaba's Comfort Theory
Chapter 22: Joanne Duffy's Quality-Caring Model ©
Chapter 23: Pamela Reed's Theory of Self-Transcendence
Chapter 24: Patricia Liehr and Mary Jane Smith's Story Theory
Chapter 25: The Community Nursing Practice Model
Chapter 26: Rozzano Locsin's Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing
Chapter 27: Marilyn Anne Ray's Theory of Bureaucratic Caring
Chapter 28: Troutman-Jordan's Theory of Successful Aging
Chapter 29: Barrett's Theory of Power as Knowing Participation in Change®
Chapter 30: Marlaine Smith's Theory of Unitary Caring
Chapter 31: Kristen Swanson's Theory of Caring
Chapter 32: Adeline Falk-Rafael’s Critical Caring Theory
Chapter 33: Katie Eriksson’s Theory of Caritative Caring
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