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Nursing Theory

Utilization & Application

By
  • Martha Alligood, PhD, RN, ANEF, Professor and Director, PhD program, College of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
  • Ann Marriner Tomey, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emeritus (Retired), College of Nursing, Health and Human Services, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA

With a consistent focus on application throughout, Nursing Theory covers the development of nursing theory; the application of different nursing theories, models and philosophies; and the expansion of these practices with a look toward the future. Nursing Theory provides the opportunity for students who have learned the background of nursing theory using the companion title, Nursing Theorists and Their Work, to apply what they have learned to actual nursing practice through various patient scenarios.

Paperback, 560 Pages

Published: December 2009

Imprint: Mosby

ISBN: 978-0-323-05640-3

Contents

  • PART I: Conceptualization

    1 The Nature of Knowledge Needed for Nursing Practice

    2 Nursing Models: Normal Science for Nursing Practice

    3 Philosophies, Models, and Theories: Critical Thinking Structures

    4 Philosophies, Models, and Theories: Moral Obligations

    PART II: Application

    Section 1: Nursing Philosophies

    5 Nightingale’s Philosophy in Nursing Practice

    6 Watson’s Philosophy in Nursing Practice

    7 Benner’s Philosophy in Nursing Practice

    Section 2: Nursing Models

    8 Johnson’s Behavioral System Model in Nursing Practice

    9 King’s Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment in Nursing Practice

    10 Levine’s Conservation Model in Nursing Practice

    11 Neumann’s Systems Model in Nursing Practice

    12 Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory in Practice

    13 Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings in Nursing Practice

    14 Roy’s Adaptation Model in Nursing Practice

    Section 3: Nursing Theories

    15 Orlando’s Nursing Process Theory in Nursing Practice

    16 Modeling and Role-Modeling Theory in Nursing Practice

    17 Mercer’s Becoming a Mother Theory in Nursing Practice

    18 Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality in Nursing Practice

    19 Parse’s Theory of Human Becoming in Nursing Practice

    20 Newman’s Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness in Nursing Practice

    PART III: Expansion

    21 Areas for Further Development of Theory-Based Nursing Practice

    22 Nursing Philosophies, Models, and Theories: A Focus on the Future

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