Nursing Theorists and Their Work

• UNIT I::

  EVOLUTION OF NURSING THEORETICAL WORKS

• Introduction to Nursing Theory:: Its History, Significance, and Analysis

History and Philosophy of Science

Theory Development Process

The Structure of Specialized Nursing Knowledge

Nursing Theorists of Historical Significance

UNIT II:: NURSING PHILOSOPHIES

Florence Nightingale:: Modern Nursing

Jean Watson:: Watsons Philosophy and Theory of Transpersonal Caring

Marilyn Anne Ray:: Theory of Bureaucratic Caring

Patricia Benner:: Caring, Clinical Wisdom, and Ethics in Nursing Practice

Kari Martinsen:: Philosophy of Caring

Katie Eriksson:: Theory of Caritative Caring

UNIT III:: NURSING MODELS

Myra Estrin Levine:: The Conservation Model

Martha E. Rogers:: Unitary Human Beings

Dorothea E. Orem:: Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing

Imogene M. King:: Conceptual System and Middle Range Theory of Goal Attainment

Betty Neuman:: Systems Model

Sister Callista Roy:: Adaptation Model

Dorothy Johnson:: Behavioral System Model

UNIT IV:: NURSING THEORIES

Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer:: The Theory of Nursing as Caring:: A Model for Transforming Practice

Afaf Ibrahim Meleis:: Transitions Theory NEW!

Nola J. Pender:: Health Promotion Model

Madeline M. Leininger:: Culture Care Theory of Diversity and Universality

Margaret A. Newman:: Health as Expanding Consciousness

Rosemarie Rizzo Parse:: Humanbecoming

Helen C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, Mary Ann P. Swain:: Modeling and Role-Modeling

Gladys L. Husted and James H. Husted:: Symphonological Bioethical Theory

UNIT V:: MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES

Ramona T. Mercer:: Maternal Role Attainment:: Becoming a Mother

Merle Mishel:: Uncertainty in Illness Theory

Pamela G. Reed:: Self-Transcendence Theory

Carolyn L. Wiener and Marilyn J. Dodd:: Theory of Illness Trajectory

Georgene Gaskill Eakes, Mary Lermann Burke, and Margaret A. Hainsworth:: Theory of Chronic Sorrow

Phil Barker:: The Tidal Model of Mental Health Recovery

Katherine Kolcaba:: Theory of Comfort

Cheryl Tatano Beck:: Postpartum Depression Theory

Kristen M. Swanson:: Theory of Caring

Cornelia M. Ruland and Shirley M. Moore:: Peaceful End of Life Theory

UNIT VI:: FUTURE OF NURSING THEORY

State of the Art and Science of Nursing Theory

Index