Nursing Theorists and Their Work

10th Edition - July 23, 2021
Author: Martha Raile Alligood
Language: English
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Find the thinking of 39 leading nursing theorists in one comprehensive text! Nursing Theorists and Their Work, 10th 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 can enhance 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.

Cover Image
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contributors
Reviewers
About the Editor
Preface
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Nursing Theorists and Their Work
Unit I Evolution of Nursing Theories
1 Introduction to Nursing Theory: Its History and Significance
HISTORY OF NURSING THEORY
SIGNIFICANCE OF NURSING THEORY
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
2 Nursing Theorists of Historical Significance
HILDEGARD E. PEPLAU
VIRGINIA HENDERSON
FAYE GLENN ABDELLAH
ERNESTINE WIEDENBACH
LYDIA HALL
JOYCE TRAVELBEE
KATHRYN E. BARNARD
EVELYN ADAM
NANCY ROPER, WINIFRED W. LOGAN, AND ALISON J. TIERNEY
IDA JEAN (ORLANDO) PELLETIER
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
3 History of Nursing Science
HISTORICAL VIEWS OF THE NATURE OF SCIENCE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY VIEWS OF SCIENCE AND THEORY
EMERGENT VIEWS OF SCIENCE AND THEORY IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY
INTERDEPENDENCE OF THEORY AND RESEARCH
SCIENCE AS A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
REFERENCES
4 Theory Development Process
THEORY COMPONENTS
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN NURSING THEORY DEVELOPMENT
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
5 The Structure and Analysis of Specialized Nursing Knowledge
A STRUCTURE OF NURSING KNOWLEDGE
ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL REFLECTION OF THEORY
REFERENCES
Unit II Nursing Philosophies
6 Florence Nightingale: Modern Nursing
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES FOR THEORY DEVELOPMENT
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
7 Jean Watson: Watson’s Philosophy and Theory of Transpersonal Caring
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
APPLICATION BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
8 Marilyn Anne Ray: Theory of Bureaucratic Caring
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES FOR THEORY DEVELOPMENT
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE OF THE WORK
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
9 Patricia Benner: Caring, Clinical Wisdom, and Ethics in Nursing Practice
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE PHILOSOPHER
THEORETICAL SOURCES FOR THEORY DEVELOPMENT
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
10 Kari Martinsen: Philosophy of Caring
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES*
BIBLIOGRAPHY*
11 Katie Eriksson: Theory of Caritative Caring
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES FOR THEORY DEVELOPMENT
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
The Human Being
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Unit III Nursing Conceptual Models
12 Myra Estrin Levine: The Conservation Model
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
13 Martha E. Rogers: Unitary Human Beings
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
14 Dorothea E. Orem: Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
15 Imogene M. King: Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES FOR THEORY DEVELOPMENT
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
16 Betty Neuman: Systems Model
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
APPLICATIONS BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
17 Sister Callista Roy: Adaptation Model
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
18 Dorothy Johnson: Behavioral System Model
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Unit IV Theories and GrandTheories
19 Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer: The Theory of Nursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Practice
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORISTS
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
20 Afaf Ibrahim Meleis: Transitions Theory
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
21 Nola J. Pender: Health Promotion Model
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
22 Madeleine M. Leininger: Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES FOR THEORY DEVELOPMENT
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE OF THE WORK
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
23 Margaret A. Newman: Health as Expanding Consciousness
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
24 Rosemarie Rizzo Parse: Humanbecoming
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
25 Helen C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, Mary Ann P. Swain: Modeling and Role-Modeling
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORISTS
THEORETICAL SOURCES FOR THEORY DEVELOPMENT
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
26 Gladys L. Husted and James H. Husted: Symphonological Bioethical Theory
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORISTS
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Unit V Middle-Range Theories
27 Ramona T. Mercer: Maternal Role Attainment—Becoming a Mother
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
28 Merle Mishel: Uncertainty in Illness Theory
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES
POINTS FOR FURTHER STUDY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
29 Pamela G. Reed: Self-Transcendence Theory
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
RESEARCH
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
30 Carolyn L. Wiener and Marylin J. Dodd:Theory of Illness Trajectory
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORISTS
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
31 Georgene Gaskill Eakes, Mary Lermann Burke, and Margaret A. Hainsworth: Theory ofChronic Sorrow
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORISTS
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
ACCESSIBLITY
IMPORTANCE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
32 Phil Barker: The Tidal Model of Mental Health Recovery
BACKGROUND AND CREDENTIALS OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
33 Katharine Kolcaba: Theory of Comfort
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
34 Cheryl Tatano Beck: Postpartum Depression Theory
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES FOR THEORY DEVELOPMENT
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
35 Kristen M. Swanson:Theory of Caring
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORIST
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
36 Cornelia M. Ruland and Shirley M. Moore: Peaceful End-of-Life Theory
CREDENTIALS AND BACKGROUND OF THE THEORISTS
THEORETICAL SOURCES
USE OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS
THEORETICAL ASSERTIONS
LOGICAL FORM
ACCEPTANCE BY THE NURSING COMMUNITY
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
CRITIQUE
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
Unit VI The Future of Nursing Theory
37 State of the Art and Science of Nursing Theory
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
EXPANSION OF MIDDLE-RANGE THEORY DEVELOPMENT
GLOBAL NURSING SCHOLARS
REFERENCES
Index