Understanding the work of nurse theorists: a creative beggining/
Kathleen L. Sitzman and Lisa Wright Eichelberger
- Second edition
- xiii, 241 pages ; 23 cm.
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.