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Research • Statistic & Theory
TheoreticalNursing:DevelopmentandProgress, FifthEdition
Afaf IbrahimMeleis, PhD, FAAN
978-1-60547-211-9 •March2011 •Hardbound • 7” x10” •688pp. • 7 Illus. •61Tables
Revisedandupdated for its FifthEdition,
TheoreticalNursing
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
focusandmissionofnursingasadiscipline through thedevelopmentof
itstheoretical base.Chaptersprovide readerswithdifferent frameworks
that shape the nature, the scope, and the mission of nursing care. It
offers stimulating content that highlights the forces that are driving
nursing care, education, research, and administration. The book
presentspractical perspectives thathelp the scholar todevelopanalytic
skills and integrate knowledge intoa coherentwhole.
Features
• Reflectivequestions at theendof each chapter aiddiscussions and
expand students’ understandingof theoryand its impactonnursing
today.
• Reorganized tableof contents enhances the reader’s understanding
of different strategies used indevelopingandadvancing theory.
• Chapter 16,
TheoryDevelopment
, includes the
Research to
Theory
strategywhich is unique toMeleis’ text.
• Chapter 19,
HistoricalWritings inTheory
, includes abstractsof
major classic articles.
• Chapter 20,
Historical andCurrentTheoryBibliography
, is a
valuable resource that includes allmajorwritingsonandabout
theory.
• Told fromMeleis’ perspective, this uniqueapproach tonursing
theory inspires readers tounderstand, respect, andvaluehistorical
theorieswhileencouraging readers to challengeandbuildon those
theories.
Table of Contents
PartOne:
OurTheoretical Journey
Ch. 1: Positioning for the Journey
Ch. 2:OnBeing andBecoming a Scholar
Ch. 3:Theory:Metaphors, Symbols,
Definitions
PartTwo:
OurTheoreticalHeritage
Ch. 4: FromCan’t toKant: Barriers and
ForcesTowardTheoreticalThinking
Ch. 5:On theWay toTheoreticalNursing:
Stages andMilestones
PartThree:
OurDisciplineand Its
Structure
Ch. 6:TheDiscipline ofNursing: Perspective
andDomain
Ch. 7: Sources, Resources, andParadoxes
forTheory
Ch. 8:Our Syntax: AnEpistemological
Analysis
PartFour:
ReviewingandEvaluating:
PioneeringTheories
Ch. 9:NursingTheoriesThroughMirrors,
Microscopes, orTelescopes
Ch. 10: AModel for Evaluation ofTheories:
Description, Analysis, Critique,Testing,
and Support
Ch. 11:OnNeeds and Self-Care
Ch. 12:On Interactions
Ch. 13:OnOutcomes
PartFive:
OurTheoretical Future
Ch. 14: Challenges andOpportunities for a
Theoretical Future
Ch. 15: ConceptDevelopment
Ch. 16:TheoryDevelopment
Ch. 17:Middle-Range and Situation-Specific
Theories
Ch. 18:Measuring Progress in aDiscipline
PartSix:
OurTheoretical Literature
Ch. 19:HistoricalWritings inTheory
Ch. 20:Historical andCurrentTheory
Bibliography