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Nursing Theorists and Their Work

by Martha Raile Alligood

9th Edition

Publisher: Elsevier

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Print ISBN9780323402248
eText ISBN9780323402194
PublisherElsevier
Publishing Year2017
Edition9th Edition
LanguageEnglish

Nursing Theorists and Their Work, 9th Edition, is a textbook edited by Martha Raile Alligood that examines 39 theorists of historical, international, and significant importance. It combines comprehensive theoretical overviews, objective critiques, and philosophies to help connect theory with clinical application.

The volume addresses the evolution of nursing theoretical works, the theory development process, and the structure of specialized nursing knowledge. It also explores philosophies, conceptual models, and theories across six graphically depicted levels of abstraction.

Scholars who specialize in each theorist's work author the individual theorist chapters. Each of these chapters concludes with a case study designed to demonstrate how the theory applies to practice.

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter UNIT I: EVOLUTION OF NURSING THEORETICAL WORKS

  2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Nursing Theory: Its History and Significance

  3. Chapter 2: Nursing Theorists of Historical Significance

  4. Chapter 3: History of Nursing Science

  5. Chapter 4: Theory Development Process

  6. Chapter 5: The Structure and Analysis of Specialized Nursing Knowledge

  7. Chapter UNIT II: NURSING PHILOSOPHIES

  8. Chapter 6: Florence Nightingale: Modern Nursing

  9. Chapter 7: Jean Watson: Watson’s Philosophy and Theory of Transpersonal Caring

  10. Chapter 8: Marilyn Anne Ray: Theory of Bureaucratic Caring

  11. Chapter 9: Patricia Benner: Caring, Clinical Wisdom, and Ethics in Nursing Practice

  12. Chapter 10: Kari Martinsen: Philosophy of Caring

  13. Chapter 11: Katie Eriksson: Theory of Caritative Caring

  14. Chapter UNIT III: NURSING MODELS

  15. Chapter 12: Myra Estrin Levine: The Conservation Model

  16. Chapter 13: Martha E. Rogers: Unitary Human Beings

  17. Chapter 14: Dorothea E. Orem: Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing

  18. Chapter 15: Imogene M. King: Conceptual System and Middle Range Theory of Goal Attainment

  19. Chapter 16: Betty Neuman: Systems Model

  20. Chapter 17: Sister Callista Roy: Adaptation Model

  21. Chapter 18: Dorothy Johnson: Behavioral System Model

  22. Chapter UNIT IV: NURSING THEORIES

  23. Chapter 19: Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer: The Theory of Nursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Practice

  24. Chapter 20: Afaf Ibrahim Meleis: Transitions Theory

  25. Chapter 21: Nola J. Pender: Health Promotion Model

  26. Chapter 22: Madeline M. Leininger: Culture Care Theory of Diversity and Universality

  27. Chapter 23: Margaret A. Newman: Health as Expanding Consciousness

  28. Chapter 24: Rosemarie Rizzo Parse: Humanbecoming

  29. Chapter 25: Helen C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, Mary Ann P. Swain: Modeling and Role-Modeling

  30. Chapter 26: Gladys L. Husted and James H. Husted: Symphonological Bioethical Theory

  31. Chapter UNIT V: MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES

  32. Chapter 27: Ramona T. Mercer: Maternal Role Attainment—Becoming a Mother

  33. Chapter 28: Merle Mishel: Uncertainty in Illness Theory

  34. Chapter 29: Pamela G. Reed: Self-Transcendence Theory

  35. Chapter 30: Carolyn L. Wiener and Marilyn J. Dodd: Theory of Illness Trajectory

  36. Chapter 31: Georgene Gaskill Eakes, Mary Lermann Burke, and Margaret A. Hainsworth: Theory of Chronic Sorrow

  37. Chapter 32: Phil Barker: The Tidal Model of Mental Health Recovery

  38. Chapter 33: Katherine Kolcaba: Theory of Comfort

  39. Chapter 34: Cheryl Tatano Beck: Postpartum Depression Theory

  40. Chapter 35: Kristen M. Swanson: Theory of Caring

  41. Chapter 36: Cornelia M. Ruland and Shirley M. Moore: Peaceful End-of-Life Theory

  42. Chapter UNIT VI: FUTURE OF NURSING THEORY

  43. Chapter 37: State of the Art and Science of Nursing Theory

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