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Nursing Theorists and Their Work - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 11th Edition

by Martha Raile Alligood, RN, PhD, ANEF and Sonya R. Hardin, PhD APRN NP-C FAAN

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Understand the thinking of 39 leading nursing theorists in one comprehensive text! Nursing Theorists and Their Work, Eleventh Edition, provides a clear, in-depth look at nursing theories of historical and international significance. Each chapter presents a key nursing theory or philosophy, showing how systematic theoretical evidence enhances decision making, professionalism, and quality of care. Lead author Martha Raile Alligood is known nationally and internationally for her expertise in nursing theory. A classic in the field of nursing theory, this text uses objective critiques, case studies, and critical thinking activities to bridge the gap between nursing theory and application in the practice of nursing.
    • 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. 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

  • Martha Raile Alligood, RN, PhD, ANEF, Professor Emeritus School of Nursing East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina, USA and Sonya R. Hardin, PhD APRN NP-C FAAN, Dean, School of Nursing, University of Louisville, USA

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