| Edition |
4th ed. |
| Description |
xix, 807 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Positioning for the journey -- On being and becoming a scholar -- Theory: metaphors, symbols, definitions -- From can't to Kant: barriers and forces toward theoretical thinking -- On the way to theoretical nursing: stages and milestones -- Nursing theory: mirror, microscope, or telescope -- Theory development: sources, resources, and paradoxes -- Strategies for concept development -- Strategies for theory development -- Developing middle range and situation-specific theories: exemplars -- A model for evaluation of theories: description, analysis, critique, testing, and support -- On nursing clients -- On interactions -- On human being-environment interactions -- On nursing therapeutics -- The discipline of nursing: a perspective, a domain, and definitions -- Our syntax: an epistemological analysis -- Development and progress: theories and challenges -- Historical writings in theory -- Historical and current theory bibliography. |
| Subject |
Nursing -- Philosophy.
|
|
Nursing Theory. |
| ISBN |
0781736730 (alk. paper) |
|
9780781736732 |
| Standard No. |
NLM 101272732 |
|
IG# 0781736730 |
|
YDXCP 2071444 |
|
NLGGC 293334706 |
|
NZ1 10923267 |
|
AU@ 000040140049 |
|
