Understanding the work of nurse theorists: a creative beggining/ Kathleen L. Sitzman and Lisa Wright Eichelberger

Kathleen Sitzman, PhD, RN, CNE - College of Nursing Professor, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Kathleen Sitzman earned her BSN from the University of Utah in 1984. She has practiced in many areas of nursing since then, devoting the most time and energy to home healthcare and hospice nursing. She received a Master’s of Science in nursing in 2001, and since then, has focused on teaching in the nursing program at Weber State University. She is a nurse researcher and has so far been the principle investigator for three research studies, the results of which were published in peer-reviewed journals in 2001 and 2002. Sitzman is also a prolific nurse writer, having published over 60 articles (and counting) in peer-reviewed journals over the last 6 years.


Lisa Wright Eichelberger, PhD, RN - Clayton State University
Dr. Lisa Wright Eichelberger is currently a Professor at Clayton College and State University where she has taught nursing theory, management and interactive communications for the past seven years. She has over 25 years of teaching and administrative experiences in nursing education programs in many types of universities ranging from private, religious, single-purpose to large public research institutions. Dr. Eichelberger is an expert in the use of computer technology in delivering on line nursing education and distance learning. Dr. Eichelberger has over fifteen years' experience as an evaluator of nursing programs for national accrediting agencies and served an Educational Consultant for American Association Colleges of Nursing Colleagues in Caring Project Office of Workforce Redevelopment 1998-2002. She has also published in the area of nursing competency and competency models.

Includes bibliographic references and indexes.

Foreword. Preface.
I Part I: Introduction to Nursing Theory
1 What is Nursing Theory?
2 Why are Theories Important in Nursing?
3 The Development of Nursing Theory
II Part II: Theories that Define Nursing or Discuss Nursing in a General Sense (Philosophies
4 Evaluating a Theory
5 Using the Art of Georges Seurat to Envision
6 Florence Nightingale's Definition of Nursing
7 Virginia Henderson's Definition of Nursing
8 Ernestine Wiedenbach's Helping Art of Clinical Nursing
9 Jean Watson's Theory of Human/Transpersonal Caring
III Part III: Theories About Broad Nursing Practice Areas: Grand Theories
10 Envisioning Theories Through Mandala Art
11 Myra Estrin Levine's Conservation Model
12 Betty Neuman's Systems Model
13 Sister Callista Roy's Adaptation Model
14 Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Model
15 Madeleine Leininger's Culture Care: Diversity and Universality Theory
IV Part IV: Theories About Specific Nursing Actions, Processes, or Concepts: Middle-Range Theories
16 Envisioning Theories Through Origami Art
17 Ida Jean Orlando-Pelletier's Nursing Process Theory
18 Katharine Kolcaba's Theory of Comfort
19 Nola Pender's Health-Promotion Model
20 Hildegard Peplau's Interpersonal Relations in Nursing
21 Imogene King- Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment
22 Patricia Benner-Model of Skill Acquisition in Nursing
23 Afaf Ibrahim Meleis-Transitions Theory
Part V Part V: Theories that Defy Classification
24 Envisioning Theories That Defy Classification Through Space Photography
25 Martha Rogers's Unitary Human Beings
26 Margaret Newman's Health as Expanding Consciousness
27 Rosemarie Rizzo Parse-Theory of Human Becoming
Part VI Part VI: Conclusion
28 Further Development of Nursing Theory
29 Use of Information Technology by Nurse Theorists
30 Twentieth Anniversary of Nursing Theory on the World Wide Web
Glossary. References. Index.

600-699