
Nursing Theorists and Their Work
- 11th Edition - August 4, 2025
- Latest edition
- Authors: Martha Raile Alligood, Sonya R. Hardin
- Language: English
Understand the thinking of 39 leading nursing theorists in one comprehensive text! Nursing Theorists and Their Work, Eleventh Edition, provides a clear, in-depth look at nursing th… Read more
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- NEW! Information on the state of nursing in health care after COVID-19 illustrates how nursing knowledge development continues to evolve, with new theories that address current health care needs for quality nursing care
- Theorist chapters written by scholars specializing in that theorist’s work - often having worked closely with the theorists — provide the most accurate and complete information possible
- Case studies at the end of each theorist chapter present the theory in a larger perspective, demonstrating how it can be applied in practice
- Critical thinking activities at the end of each theorist chapter help you to process the theory presented and apply it to personal and hypothetical nursing practice situations
- Theory-specific diagrams help you visualize and better understand inherently abstract concepts and their relationships
- Major Concepts and Definitions boxes outline a theory’s most significant ideas and clarifies vocabulary
- Brief summary sections offer valuable review for tests and validate comprehension
- Points for Further Study sections direct you to sources of additional information
- A diagram in each unit illustrates the level of abstraction of the theoretical knowledge presented
UNIT I Evolution of Nursing Theories  
1 Introduction to Nursing Theory: Its History and Significance
2 Nursing Theorists of Historical Significance
3 History of Nursing Science 
4 Theory Development Process
5 The Structure and Analysis of Specialized Nursing Knowledge
UNIT II Nursing Philosophies  
6 Florence Nightingale: Modern Nursing
7 Jean Watson: Watson’s Philosophy and Theory of Transpersonal Caring 
8 Marilyn Anne Ray: Theory of Bureaucratic Caring 
9 Patricia Benner: Caring, Clinical Wisdom, and Ethics in Nursing Practice 
10 Kari Martinsen: Philosophy of Caring   
11 Katie Eriksson: Theory of Caritative Caring
UNIT III Nursing Conceptual Models  
12 Myra Estrin Levine: The Conservation Model 
13 Martha E. Rogers: Unitary Human Beings
14 Dorothea E. Orem: Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing
15 Imogene M. King: Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment  
Ann E. Fronczek and Patricia Ruth Messmer  
16 Betty Neuman: Systems Model  
Diane Breckenridge  
17 Sister Callista Roy: Adaptation Model  
Robin Harris  
18 Dorothy Johnson: Behavioral System Model  
Bonnie Holaday  
UNIT IV Theories and Grand Theories  
19 Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer: The Theory of Nursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Practice 
20 Afaf Ibrahim Meleis: Transitions Theory 
21 Nola J. Pender: Health Promotion Model 
22 Madeleine M. Leininger: Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality  
23 Margaret A. Newman: Health as Expanding Consciousness 
24 Rosemarie Rizzo Parse: Humanbecoming  
25 C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, Mary Ann P. Swain: Modeling and Role-Modeling 
26 Gladys L. Husted and James H. Husted: Symphonological Bioethical Theory  
UNIT V Middle-Range Theories  
27 Ramona T. Mercer: Maternal Role Attainment—Becoming a Mother  
28 Merle Mishel: Uncertainty in Illness Theory
29 Pamela G. Reed: Self-Transcendence Theory
30 Carolyn L. Wiener and Marylin J. Dodd: Theory of Illness Trajectory 
31 Georgene Gaskill Eakes, Mary Lermann Burke, and Margaret A. Hainsworth: Theory of Chronic Sorrow  
32 Phil Barker: The Tidal Model of Mental Health Recovery 
33 Katharine Kolcaba: Theory of Comfort
34 Cheryl Tatano Beck: Postpartum Depression Theory 
35 Kristen M. Swanson: Theory of Caring 
36 Cornelia M. Ruland and Shirley M. Moore: Peaceful End-of-Life Theory
 
UNIT VI The Future of Nursing Theory  
37 State of the Art and Science of Nursing Theory
 
Index
- Edition: 11
- Latest edition
- Published: August 4, 2025
- Language: English
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