Nursing Theorists and Their Work, 11th Edition

• NEW! Information on the state of nursing in health care after COVID-19 illustrates how nursing knowledge development continues to evolve, with new theories that address current health care needs for quality nursing care.
• Theorist chapters written by scholars specializing in that theorist’s work — often having worked closely with the theorists — provide the most accurate and complete information possible.
• Case studies at the end of each theorist chapter present the theory in a specific clinical perspective, demonstrating how it can be applied in practice.
• Critical thinking activities at the end of each theorist chapter help students to process the theory presented and apply it to personal and hypothetical nursing practice situations.
• Theory-specific diagrams help students visualize and better understand inherently abstract concepts and their relationships.
• Major Concepts & Definitions boxes outline a theory’s most significant ideas and clarifies vocabulary.
• Brief summary sections help students review for tests and validate comprehension.
• Points for Further Study sections direct students to sources of additional information.
• A diagram in each unit illustrates the level of abstraction of the theoretical knowledge presented.

• New information on international theorists will be included
• New information the topic of clinical reasoning and judgment and how it relates to the various theories presented will be included
• The new AACN Essentials will be addressed and included where appropriate throughout the text

UNIT I: EVOLUTION OF NURSING THEORIES
1. Introduction to Nursing Theory: Its History and Significance
2. Nursing Theorists of Historical Significance
3. History of Nursing Science
4. Development Process
5. The Structure and Analysis of Specialized Nursing Knowledge

UNIT II: NURSING PHILOSOPHIES
6. Florence Nightingale: Modern Nursing
7. Jean Watson: Watson’s Philosophy and Theory of Transpersonal Caring
8. Marilyn Anne Ray: Theory of Bureaucratic Caring
9. Patricia Benner: Caring, Clinical Wisdom, and Ethics in Clinical Nursing Practice
10. Kari Martinsen: Philosophy of Caring
11. Katie Eriksson: Theory of Caritative Caring

UNIT III: NURSING CONCEPTUAL MODELS
12. Myra Estrin Levine: The Conservation Model
13. Martha E. Rogers: Unitary Human Beings
14. Dorothea E. Orem: Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing
15. Imogene M. King: Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment
16. Betty Neuman: Systems Model
17. Sister Callista Roy: Adaptation Model
18. Dorothy Johnson: Behavioral System Model

UNIT IV: THEORIES AND GRAND THEORIES
19. Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer: The Theory of Nursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Practice
20. Afaf Ibrahim Meleis: Transitions Theory
21. Nola J. Pender: Health Promotion Model
22. Madeleine M. Leininger: Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality
23. Margaret A. Newman: Health as Expanding Consciousness
24. Rosemarie Rizzo Parse: Humanbecoming
25. Helen C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, and Mary Ann P. Swain: Modeling and Role-Modeling
26. Gladys L. Husted and James H. Husted: Symphonological Bioethical Theory

UNIT V: MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES
27. Ramona T. Mercer: Maternal Role Attainment — Becoming a Mother
28. Merle Mishel: Uncertainty in Illness Theory
29. Pamela G. Reed: Self Transcendence Theory
30. Carolyn L. Weiner and Marilyn J. Dodd: Theory of Illness Trajectory
31. Georgene Gaskill Eakes, Mary Lermann Burke, and Margaret A. Hainsworth: Theory of Chronic Sorrow
32. Phil Barker: The Tidal Model of Mental Health Recovery
33. Katharine Kolcaba: Theory of Comfort
34. Cheryl Tatano Beck: Postpartum Depression Theory
35. Kristen M. Swanson: Theory of Caring
36. Cornelia M. Ruland and Shirley M. Moore: Peaceful End-of-Life Theory

UNIT VI: THE FUTURE OF NURSING THEORY
37. State of the Art and Science of Nursing Theory