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Noted theorists and scholars explore the historical and contemporary theories that are the foundation of nursing today. The 3rd Edition of this highly praised book meets the needs of today’s students with a new focus on the models that define the best outcomes and provide the evidence that supports nursing practice.

For each theory, you’ll find an introduction to the theorist, a description of the theory’s role as a model for nursing practice, and an examination of its application in clinical practice. Readers will understand how the theory has been used in the past and evaluate it as a model for clinical practice.

I. An Introduction to Nursing Theory
1. Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing
2. A Guide for the Study of Theories for Practice
3. Choosing, Evaluating and Implementing Nursing Theories for Practice
II. Evolution of Nursing Theory
4. Florence Nightingale’s Legacy of Caring and Its Applications
5. Twentieth Century Nursing: Ernestine Weidenbach, Virginia Henderson, and Lydia Hall’s Contributions to Nursing theory and their Use in Practice
6. Nurse-Patient Relationship Theories: Hildegard Peplau, Joyce Travelbee and Ida Jean Orlando
III. Conceptual Models/Grand Theories in the Interactive-Integrative Paradigm
7. Myra Levine’s Conservation Model
8. Dorothy Jonhson’s Behavioral System Model and Its Applications
9. Dorothea Orem’s Self-care Deficit Theory
10. Imogene King’s Theory of Goal Attainment
11. Sister Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model
12. Betty Neuman’s Systems Model
13. Helen Ericksson, Evelyn Tomlin, and Mary Ann Swain’s Modeling and Role Modeling
14. Barbara Dossey’s Theory of Integral Nursing
IV. Conceptual Models/Grand Theories in the Unitary-Transformative Paradigm
15. Martha E. Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings
16. Rosemarie Rizzo Parse’s Human Becoming School of Thought
17. Margaret Newman’s Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness
V. Conceptual Models and Grand Theories related to Caring
18. Madeleine Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality
19. Josephine Paterson and Loretta Zderad’s Humanistic Nursing Theory
20. Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring
21. Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer’s Nursing as Caring Theory
VI. Middle Range Theories and Practice Models
22. Katharine Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort
23. Joanne Duffy’s Quality Caring Model
24. Pamela Reed’s Theory of Self-transcendence
25. Kristen Swanson’s Theory of Caring
26. Mary Jane Smith and Patricia Liehr’s Story Theory
27. The Community Nursing Practice Model
28. Rozzano Locsin’s Technological Competency as Caring and the Practice of Knowing Persons in Nursing
29. Marilyn Anne Ray’s Theory of Bureaucratic Caring
30. Marlaine Smith’s Theory of Unitary Caring