Noted nursing scholars explore the historical and contemporary theories that are the foundation of nursing practice today. The 5th Edition, continues to meet the needs of today's students with an expanded focus on the middle range theories and practice models that link theory to clinical practice.

Table of Contents

• Preface to the Fifth Edition
• Section I: An Introduction to Nursing Theory
• Part I Preface
• Chapter 1. Nursing Theory and the Discipline of Nursing - Marlaine C. Smith and Marilyn E. Parker
• Chapter 2. A Guide for the Study of Nursing Theories for Practice - Marilyn E. Parker and Marlaine C. Smith
• Chapter 3. Choosing, Evaluating, and Implementing Nursing Theories for Practice - Marlaine C. Smith and Marilyn E. Parker
• Section II: Conceptual Influences on the Evolution of Nursing Theory
• Part II Preface
• Chapter 4. Florence Nightingale's Conceptualizations of Nursing - Lynne M. Hektor Dunphy
• Chapter 5. Early Conceptualizations About Nursing - Shirley C. Gordon
• Chapter 6. Nurse-Patient Relationship Theories - Ann R. Peden, Nicole Poellet, Jacqueline Staal, Diane Lee Gullett and Maude Ritman
• Section III: Conceptual Models/Grand Theories in the Integrative-Interactive Paradigm
• Part III Preface
• Chapter 7. Dorothy Johnson's Behavioral System Model - Bonnie Holaday
• Chapter 8. Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory - Donna L. Hartweg
• Chapter 9. Imogene King's Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment - Mary Louanne Friend and Christina L. Sieloff
• Chapter 10. Callista Roy's Adaptation Model - Pamela Senesac and Callista Roy
• Chapter 11. Betty Neuman's Systems Model - Sarah Beckman and Jacqueline Fawcett
• Chapter 12. Helen Erickson, Evelyn Tomlin, and Mary Ann Swain's Theory of Modeling and Role-Modeling - Helen L. Erickson and Margaret E. Erickson
• Chapter 13. Barbara Dossey's Theory of Integral Nursing - Barbara Montgomery Dossey
• Section IV: Conceptual Models/Grand Theories in the Unitary-Transformative Paradigm
• Part IV Preface
• Chapter 14. Martha E. Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings - Howard Karl Butcher and Violet M. Malinski
• Chapter 15. Rosemarie Rizzo Parse's Humanbecoming Paradigm - Rosemarie Rizzo Parse
• Chapter 16. Margaret Newman's Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness - Margaret Dexheimer Pharris
• Section V: Grand Theories About Care or Caring
• Part V Preface
• Chapter 17. Madeleine Leininger's Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality - Hiba B. Wehbe-Alamah
• Chapter 18. Jean Watson's Theory of Unitary Caring Science and Theory of Human Caring - Jean Watson
• Chapter 19. Theory of Nursing As Caring - Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer
• Section VI: Middle-Range Theories
• Part VI Preface
• Chapter 20. Afaf Meleis’ Transitions Theory - Afaf I. Meleis
• Chapter 21. Katharine Kolcaba's Comfort Theory - April A. Bice and Katharine Kolcaba
• Chapter 22. Joanne Duffy's Quality-Caring Model© - Joanne R. Duffy
• Chapter 23. Pamela Reed's Theory of Self-Transcendence - Pamela G. Reed
• Chapter 24. Patricia Liehr and Mary Jane Smith's Story Theory - Patricia Liehr and Mary Jane Smith
• Chapter 25. The Community Nursing Practice Model - Marilyn E. Parker, Charlotte D. Barry, and Beth M. King
• Chapter 26. Rozzano Locsin's Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing - Rozzano C. Locsin
• Chapter 27. Marilyn Anne Ray's Theory of Bureaucratic Caring - Marilyn Anne Ray and Marian C. Turkel
• Chapter 28. Troutman-Jordan's Theory of Successful Aging - Meredith Troutman-Jordan
• Chapter 29. Barrett's Theory of Power as Knowing Participation in Change® - Elizabeth Ann Manhart Barrett
• Chapter 30. Marlaine Smith's Theory of Unitary Caring - Marlaine C. Smith
• Chapter 31. Kristen Swanson's Theory of Caring - Kristen M. Swanson
• Chapter 32. Adeline Falk-Rafael's Critical Caring Theory - Adeline Falk-Rafael
• Chapter 33. Katie Eriksson's Theory of Caritative Caring - Diane Lee Gullett and Camilla Koskinen