Table of Contents

UNIT I:

EVOLUTION OF NURSING THEORETICAL WORKS



Introduction to Nursing Theory: Its History, Significance, and Analysis
History and Philosophy of Science
Theory Development Process
The Structure of Specialized Nursing Knowledge
Nursing Theorists of Historical Significance
UNIT II: NURSING PHILOSOPHIES

Florence Nightingale: Modern Nursing
Jean Watson: Watson's Philosophy and Theory of Transpersonal Caring
Marilyn Anne Ray: Theory of Bureaucratic Caring
Patricia Benner: Caring, Clinical Wisdom, and Ethics in Nursing Practice
Kari Martinsen: Philosophy of Caring
Katie Eriksson: Theory of Caritative Caring
UNIT III: NURSING MODELS

Myra Estrin Levine: The Conservation Model
Martha E. Rogers: Unitary Human Beings
Dorothea E. Orem: Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing
Imogene M. King: Conceptual System and Middle Range Theory of Goal Attainment
Betty Neuman: Systems Model
Sister Callista Roy: Adaptation Model
Dorothy Johnson: Behavioral System Model
UNIT IV: NURSING THEORIES

Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer: The Theory of Nursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Practice
Afaf Ibrahim Meleis: Transitions Theory NEW!
Nola J. Pender: Health Promotion Model
Madeline M. Leininger: Culture Care Theory of Diversity and Universality
Margaret A. Newman: Health as Expanding Consciousness
Rosemarie Rizzo Parse: Humanbecoming
Helen C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, Mary Ann P. Swain: Modeling and Role-Modeling
Gladys L. Husted and James H. Husted: Symphonological Bioethical Theory
UNIT V: MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES

Ramona T. Mercer: Maternal Role Attainment: Becoming a Mother
Merle Mishel: Uncertainty in Illness Theory
Pamela G. Reed: Self-Transcendence Theory
Carolyn L. Wiener and Marilyn J. Dodd: Theory of Illness Trajectory
Georgene Gaskill Eakes, Mary Lermann Burke, and Margaret A. Hainsworth: Theory of Chronic Sorrow
Phil Barker: The Tidal Model of Mental Health Recovery
Katherine Kolcaba: Theory of Comfort
Cheryl Tatano Beck: Postpartum Depression Theory
Kristen M. Swanson: Theory of Caring
Cornelia M. Ruland and Shirley M. Moore: Peaceful End of Life Theory
UNIT VI: FUTURE OF NURSING THEORY

State of the Art and Science of Nursing Theory

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About the Author

Martha Raile Alligood is professor emeritus at East Carolina University College of Nursing in Greenville, NC, where she was the Director of the Nursing PhD program. She is known nationally and internationally for her expertise in nursing theory and she is also the author of another Elsevier title, Nursing Theory: Utilization and Application, 5th edition which is a companion to this title. This title will not be revised due to low sales.