Table of Contents

UNIT I. EVOLUTION OF NURSING THEORIES * Introduction to Nursing Theory: Its History, Significance and Analysis * History and Philosophy of Science * Logical Reasoning * Theory Development Process * Theorists of Historical Significance Hildegard E. Peplau * Faye Glenn Abdellah * Ernestine Wiedenbach * Lydia Hall * Virginia Henderson * Joyce Travelbee * Kathryn E. Barnard * Evelyn Adam * Nancy Roper, Winifred W. Logan, and Alison J. Tierney *Ida Jean (Orlando) Pelletier UNIT II. PHILOSOPHIES * Nightingale-Modern Nursing * Jean Watson-Philosophy and Science of 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 Rogers-Unitary Human Beings * Dorothea E. Orem-Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing * Imogene King-Interacting Systems Framework and Theory of Goal Attainment * Betty Newman-Systems Model * Sr. Callista Roy-Adaptation Model * Dorothy Johnson-Behavioral Systems Model UNIT IV. NURSING THEORIES * Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer: The Theory of Nursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Practice * Afaf Meleis: Transition Theory -NEW! * Nola Pender-Health Promotion * Madeline Leininger-Culture Care: Diversity and Universality Theory * Margaret Newman-Health as Expanding Consciousness * Rosemarie Rizzo Parse-Human Becoming * Helen Erickson, Evelyn Tomlin, Mary Ann Swain Modeling and Role * Gladys L. Husted and James H. Husted: Symphonological Bioethical Theory UNIT V. MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES * Ramona Mercer-Maternal Role Attainment * Merle Mishel-Uncertainty in Illness * 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: 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

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.