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Books on Nursing Theory from Amazon.com Analysis and Evaluation of Contemporary Nursing Knowledge, by Jacqueline Fawcett (2000) Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice, by Marilyn E. Parker (2001) Perspectives on Nursing Theory by Pamela G. Reed (Editor), et al (2003) Coming October 2004: Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists: A Creative Beginning, by Kathleen Sitzman
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Callista Roy |
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Madeleine Leininger
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Martha Rogers |
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Patricia Benner Patricia Benner was interested in the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition and applied it to nursing. Her area of concern was not how to do nursing but, rather, "how do nurses learn to do nursing?" She worked for several years in intensive care, then became a nurse researcher at the University of California at San Francisco, where she studied the nature of nursing practice and how nurses gain expertise. She published From Novice to Expert in 1984 and became a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 1985. She studied with Richard Lazarus, a social psychologist who developed a phenomenological theory of stress and coping. She was also influenced by Heidegger, who stressed phenomenological descriptions of people, defined by their concerns, practices, and life experiences. In other words, the knowledge embodied in the practical world is important for the development of the nurse's skills and ability to care.
Benner's page at the University of California at San Francisco
Margaret Newman
Margaret Newman's theory is one of the more esoteric and fascinating nursing theories. She defines health as "expanding consciousness," or increasing complexity. The nurses role is to recognize the person's unique pattern of life and to work within that pattern with the person to achieve the person's goals. Newman has worked with the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association and considers nursing diagnoses to be tools to understand the person's pattern.
Rosemary Parse
Josephine G. Paterson and Loretta Zderad
Jean Watson
Books on Humanistic Nursing Practice: |
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Modeling & Role-Modeling Theory |
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Dorothea Orem
Books About Self-Care Theory |
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Imogene King
Betty Neuman
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* "Midrange theories deal with a portion of nursing's total concern but not with the totality of the discipline." (Hickman, Hickman, J.S. (2002). An introduction to nursing theory. In George, J.B. (Ed.). Nursing Theories: the Base for Professional Nursing Practice. Upper River Saddle, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, p. 6.)
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Study Guide from the Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western |
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