Understanding The Work Of Nurse Theorists: A Creative Beginning

by Kathleen Sitzman, Lisa Wright Eichelberger

Overview

Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists: A Creative Beginning, Second Edition presents the difficult concepts of nursing theory through the use of art, allowing students become more engaged and active learners. Designed for BSN-level courses, this text presents definitions and basic concepts along with a brief overview of a selection of common nursing theories.The Second Edition has been updated to include new chapters on the theories of Patricia Benner, Imogene King, and Rosemarie Parse as well as a chapter on the process of theory development by Jean Watson.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763778163
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	02/25/2010
Edition description:	2E
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

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