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Research • Statistic & Theory
Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress, Sixth Edition
Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, PhD, FAAN
978-0-06000-042-4 • Fall 2016 • Hardbound • 7” x 10” • 688 pp. • 7 Illus. • 61Tables
Revised and updated for its Sixth Edition,
Theoretical Nursing
provides a comprehensive developmental and historical review
of nursing theory. This text offers a contemporary analysis of the
evolution of nursing and represents the degree to which many scholars
view the focus and mission of nursing as a discipline through the
development of its theoretical base. Chapters provide readers with
different frameworks that shape the nature, the scope, and the mission
of nursing care. The book presents practical perspectives that help
the scholar to develop analytic skills and integrate knowledge into
a coherent whole. This edition of the text incorporates the ‘journey’
of nursing theory and how practicing nurses use it to improve their
practice. Currency updates and content reorganization are also
implemented in this edition to allow for ease of access to content. In
addition, journal articles and case studies are available on thePoint to
allow students to apply content and apply it to a practice setting.
Table of Contents
Part One:
Our Theoretical Journey
Ch. 1: Positioning for the Journey
Ch. 2: On Being and Becoming a Scholar
Ch. 3: Theory: Metaphors, Symbols,
Definitions
Part Two:
Our Theoretical Heritage
Ch. 4: From Can’t to Kant: Barriers and
Forces Toward Theoretical Thinking
Ch. 5: On the Way to Theoretical Nursing:
Stages and Milestones
Part Three:
Our Discipline and Its
Structure
Ch. 6: The Discipline of Nursing: Perspective
and Domain
Ch. 7: Sources, Resources, and Paradoxes
for Theory
Ch. 8: Our Syntax: An Epistemological
Analysis
Part Four:
Reviewing and Evaluating:
Pioneering Theories
Ch. 9: Nursing Theories Through Mirrors,
Microscopes, or Telescopes
Ch. 10: A Model for Evaluation of Theories:
Description, Analysis, Critique, Testing,
and Support
Ch. 11: On Needs and Self-Care
Ch. 12: On Interactions
Ch. 13: On Outcomes
Part Five:
Our Theoretical Future
Ch. 14: Challenges and Opportunities for a
Theoretical Future
Ch. 15: Concept Development
Ch. 16: Theory Development
Ch. 17: Middle-Range and Situation-Specific
Theories
Ch. 18: Measuring Progress in a Discipline
Part Six:
Our Theoretical Literature
Ch. 19: Historical Writings in Theory
Ch. 20: Historical and Current Theory
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