Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Part I Introduction to Theory in Nursing 1
1 What is Nursing Theory" 3
2 Why are Theories Important in Nursing" 7
3 The Development of Nursing Theories 11
4 Evaluating a Theory 17
Part II Theories That Define Nursing or Discuss Nursing in a General Sense: Philosophies 19
5 Using the Art of Georges Seurat to Envision Philosophies 21
6 Florence Nightingale's Definition of Nursing 27
7 Virginia Henderson's Definition of Nursing 33
8 Ernestine Wiedenbach's Helping Art of Clinical Nursing 41
9 Jean Watson's Theory of Human/Transpersonal Caring 49
Part III Theories about Broad Nursing Practice Areas: Grand Theories 65
10 Envisioning Theories Through Mandala Art 67
11 Myra Estrin Levine's Conservation Model 71
12 Betty Neuman's Systems Model 77
13 Sister Callista Roy's Adaptation Model 85
14 Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Model 93
15 Madeleine Leininger's Culture Care: Diversity and Universality Theory 101
Part IV Theories about Specific Nursing Actions, Processes, or Concepts: Middle-Range Theories 109
16 Envisioning Theories Through Origami Art 111
17 Ida Jean Orlando-Pelletier's Nursing Process Theory 117
18 Katharine Kolcaba's Theory of Comfort 125
19 Nola Pender's Health-Promotion Model 135
20 Hildegard Peplau's Interpersonal Relations in Nursing 147
21 Imogene King-Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment 153
22 Patricia Benner-Model of Skill Acquisition in Nursing 163
Part V Theories that Defy Classification 173
23 Envisioning Theories that Defy Classification through Space Photography 175
24 Martha Rogers's Unitary Human Beings 179
25 Margaret Newman's Health as Expanding Consciousness 187
26 Rosemarie Rizzo Parse-Theory of Human Becoming 193
Part VI Conclusion 203
27 Further Development of Nursing Theory 205
28 Use of Information Technology by Nurse Theorists 209
29 Lisa Wright Eichelberger-Pioneering Nursing Theory on the World Wide Web 217
Glossary 227
References 230
Index 235
