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 larger perspective, demonstrating how it can be applied in practice
• Critical thinking activities at the end of each theorist chapter help you to process the theory presented and apply it to personal and hypothetical nursing practice situations
• Theory-specific diagrams help you visualize and better understand inherently abstract concepts and their relationships
• Major Concepts and Definitions boxes outline a theory’s most significant ideas and clarifies vocabulary
• Brief summary sections offer valuable review for tests and validate comprehension
• Points for Further Study sections direct you 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. Theory 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 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
Ann E. Fronczek and Patricia Ruth Messmer
16. Betty Neuman: Systems Model
Diane Breckenridge
17. Sister Callista Roy: Adaptation Model
Robin Harris
18. Dorothy Johnson: Behavioral System Model
Bonnie Holaday

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. C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, 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. Wiener and Marylin 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