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9780763747664

Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists : A Creative Beginning

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  • ISBN13:

    9780763747664

  • ISBN10:

    0763747661

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-10-01
  • Publisher: Jones & Bartlett
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Summary

Designed specifically for undergraduate nursing students, this text makes nursing theory accessible, meaningful, and enjoyable! B y presenting the difficult concepts of nursing theory through art, Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists  helps students Understand The work of 17 prominent scholars. The use of art as a teaching methodology translates Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences into nursing students' everday practice. Students enrich their mastery of nursing as they learn to employ kinesthetic skill mastery, pattern recognition, artful observation, and naturalistic inquiry.   

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Jean Watson
Preface xiii
Part I Introduction to Theory in Nursing
What Is Nursing Theory?
3(4)
Why Are Theories Important in Nursing?
7(4)
The Development of Nursing Theories
11(6)
Evaluating a Theory
17(4)
Part II Theories that Define Nursing or Discuss Nursing in a General Sense (Philosophies)
Using the Art of Georges Seurat to Envision Philosophies
21(6)
Florence Nightingale's Definition of Nursing
27(6)
Virginia Henderson's Definition of Nursing
33(8)
Ernestine Wiedenbach's Helping Art of Clinical Nursing
41(8)
Jean Watson's Theory of Human/Transpersonal Caring
49(10)
Part III Theories about Broad Nursing Practice Areas: Grand Theories
Envisioning Theories Through Mandala Art
59(4)
Myra Estrin Levine's Conservation Model
63(6)
Betty Neuman's Systems Model
69(8)
Sister Callista Roy's Adaptation Model
77(8)
Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Model
85(8)
Madeleine Leininger's Culture Care: Diversity and Universality Theory
93(10)
Part IV Theories about Specific Nursing Actions, Processes, or Concepts: Middle-Range Theories
Envisioning Theories Through Origami Art
103(6)
Ida Jean Orlando-Pelletier's Nursing Process Theory
109(8)
Katharine Kolcaba's Theory of Comfort
117(6)
Nola Pender's Health-Promotion Model
123(8)
Hildegard Peplau's Interpersonal Relations in Nursing
131(8)
Part V Theories that Defy Classification
Envisioning Theories that Defy Classification through Space Photography
139(4)
Martha Rogers's Unitary Human Beings
143(8)
Margaret Newman's Health as Expanding Consciousness
151(8)
Part VI Conclusion
Further Development of Nursing Theory
159(4)
Use of Information Technology by Nurse Theorists
163(8)
References 171(3)
Suggested Readings 174(1)
Glossary 175(4)
Index 179

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