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Research • Statistic & Theory
Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress, Fifth Edition
Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, PhD, FAAN
978-1-60547-211-9 • March 2011 • Hardbound • 7” x 10” • 688 pp. • 7 Illus. • 61Tables
Revised and updated for its Fifth 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. It
offers stimulating content that highlights the forces that are driving
nursing care, education, research, and administration. The book
presents practical perspectives that help the scholar to develop analytic
skills and integrate knowledge into a coherent whole.
Features
• Reflective questions at the end of each chapter aid discussions and
expand students’ understanding of theory and its impact on nursing
today.
• Reorganized table of contents enhances the reader’s understanding
of different strategies used in developing and advancing theory.
• Chapter 16,
Theory Development
, includes the
Research to
Theory
strategy which is unique to Meleis’ text.
• Chapter 19,
Historical Writings in Theory
, includes abstracts of
major classic articles.
• Chapter 20,
Historical and Current Theory Bibliography
, is a
valuable resource that includes all major writings on and about
theory.
• Told from Meleis’ perspective, this unique approach to nursing
theory inspires readers to understand, respect, and value historical
theories while encouraging readers to challenge and build on those
theories.
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
Bibliography