Nursing Theorists and Their Work

UNIT I:

EVOLUTION OF NURSING THEORETICAL WORKS

Introduction to Nursing Theory: Its History, Significance, and Analysis

History and Philosophy of Science

Theory Development Process

The Structure of Specialized Nursing Knowledge

Nursing Theorists of Historical Significance
UNIT II: NURSING PHILOSOPHIES

Florence Nightingale: Modern Nursing

Jean Watson: Watson's Philosophy and Theory of Transpersonal Caring

Marilyn Anne Ray: Theory of Bureaucratic Caring

Patricia Benner: Caring, Clinical Wisdom, and Ethics in Nursing Practice

Kari Martinsen: Philosophy of Caring

Katie Eriksson: Theory of Caritative Caring
UNIT III: NURSING MODELS

Myra Estrin Levine: The Conservation Model

Martha E. Rogers: Unitary Human Beings

Dorothea E. Orem: Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing

Imogene M. King: Conceptual System and Middle Range Theory of Goal Attainment

Betty Neuman: Systems Model

Sister Callista Roy: Adaptation Model

Dorothy Johnson: Behavioral System Model
UNIT IV: NURSING THEORIES

Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer: The Theory of Nursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Practice

Afaf Ibrahim Meleis: Transitions Theory NEW!

Nola J. Pender: Health Promotion Model

Madeline M. Leininger: Culture Care Theory of Diversity and Universality

Margaret A. Newman: Health as Expanding Consciousness

Rosemarie Rizzo Parse: Humanbecoming

Helen C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, Mary Ann P. Swain: Modeling and Role-Modeling

Gladys L. Husted and James H. Husted: Symphonological Bioethical Theory
UNIT V: MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES

Ramona T. Mercer: Maternal Role Attainment: Becoming a Mother

Merle Mishel: Uncertainty in Illness Theory

Pamela G. Reed: Self-Transcendence Theory

Carolyn L. Wiener and Marilyn J. Dodd: Theory of Illness Trajectory

Georgene Gaskill Eakes, Mary Lermann Burke, and Margaret A. Hainsworth: Theory of Chronic Sorrow

Phil Barker: The Tidal Model of Mental Health