Nursing Theory : Utilization and Application

by Alligood & Marriner Tomey

• ISBN13: 9780323031332
• ISBN10: 0323031331
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-08
• Publisher: Mosby

Summary

This valuable text offers clearly defined and practical ways to integrate nursing theory into actual nursing practice. Intended as a companion title to Nursing Theorists and Their Work, Nursing Theory goes beyond the presentation of the theories to help readers determine concrete ways to apply these often abstract concepts in everyday practice. Designed as a companion title to Nursing Theorists and Their Work, this text helps readers apply complex nursing theories to realistic nursing situations. This is the only book that explores the moral and ethical meaning of nursing practice and with specific nursing duties. Features a recurring case study character Debbie to apply a variety of philosophies, models, and theories to this same patient, encouraging students to compare and contrast the various nursing care approaches presented. The student-friendly approach presents the content logically in three distinct parts: Part I: Conceptualization discusses the history of nursings search for substantive knowledge and provides necessary background information to help readers understand and apply theory. Part II: Application contains 16 chapters, each designed as a critical thinking structure outlining an overview of a nursing theoretical work and illustrating that work through case application and critical thinking exercises. Part III: Expansion contains two chapters: one highlighting nursing practice areas for expansion of theory-based practice; and another issuing a challenge based on nursing values and the essential nature of theory-based nursing. Critical Thinking Exercises at the end of each chapter present a diverse offering of patients and cases and serve as ideal weekly threads for courses that are taught through distance education. The Application section presents theory as a guide for reasoning and decision-making. This approach helps clarify the critical thinking process for the reader through case studies, critical thinking tables, and end-of-chapter exercises, helping each student learn to personally apply each philosophy, model, and theory discussed. Links among philosophies, models, and theories build a sound knowledge foundation for practice and explain the evolution of nursing theory. Chapter 1, The Nature of Knowledge Needed for Nursing Practice, introduces a new period in nursing theory the Theory Utilization Era that highlights todays widespread use of middle range theory. The idea of middle range theory in a generic structure of knowledge is developed throughout the book.

Table of Contents

PART I Conceptualization
The Nature of Knowledge Needed for Nursing Practice	3	(14)
Martha Raile Alligood
Nursing Models: Normal Science for Nursing Practice	17	(26)
Angela F. Wood
Martha Raile Alligood
Philosophies, Models, and Theories: Critical Thinking Structures	43	(24)
Martha Raile Alligood
Philosophies, Models, and Theories: Moral Obligations	67	(22)
Pamela J. Grace
PART II Application
Nursing Philosophies
Nightingale's Philosophy in Nursing Practice	89	(14)
Kim Bolton
Watson's Philosophy in Nursing Practice	103	(28)
Elizabeth Jesse
Benner's Philosophy in Nursing Practice	131	(26)
Karen A. Brykczynski
Nursing Models
Johnson's Behavioral System Model in Nursing Practice	157	(24)
Bonnie Holaday
King's Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment in Nursing Practice	181	(26)
Maureen A. Frey
Diane M. Norris
Levine's Conservation Model in Nursing Practice	207	(22)
Karen Moore Schaefer
Neuman's Systems Model in Nursing Practice	229	(26)
Kathleen M. Geib
Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory in Practice	255	(28)
Violeta Ann Berbiglia
Rogers' Science of Unitary Human Beings in Nursing Practice	283	(24)
Mary Gunther
Roy's Adaptation Model in Nursing Practice	307	(28)
Kenneth D. Phillips
Nursing Theories
Orlando's Nursing Process Theory in Nursing Practice	335	(28)
Norma Jean Schmieding
Modeling and Role-Modeling Theory in Nursing Practice	363	(30)
Margaret E. Erickson
Mercer's Becoming a Mother Theory in Nursing Practice	393	(20)
Molly Meighan
Leininger's Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality in Nursing Practice	413	(18)
Marjorie G. Morgan
Parse's Theory of Human Becoming in Nursing Practice	431	(30)
Gail J. Mitchell
Newman's Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness in Nursing Practice	461	(26)
Janet M. Witucki Brown
PART III Expansion
Areas for Further Development of Theory-Based Nursing Practice	487	(12)
Martha Raile Alligood
Nursing Philosophies, Models, and Theories: A Focus on the Future	499	(20)
Jacqueline Fawcett
Glossary	519