Middle Range Theory for Nursing
Middle Range Theory for Nursing
Editor/Author
Smith, Mary Jane and Liehr, Patricia R.
Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Single-User Purchase Price:
$75.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$112.50
ISBN: 978-0-82-619551-7
Category: Health & Medicine - Nursing
Image Count:
39
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
This third edition of a two-time AJN Book of the Year Award winner contains two new theories, including self-reliance theory and transitions theory. It revises and updates all other content, and provides ladders of abstraction for each theory to guide students in their appropriate use.
Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section One: Setting the Stage for Middle Range Theories
- 1. Disciplinary Perspectives Linked to Middle Range Theory - Marlaine C. Smith
- 2. Understanding Middle Range Theory by Moving Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction - Mary Jane Smith and Patricia R. Liehr
- 3. Evaluation of Middle Range Theories for the Discipline of Nursing - Marlaine C. Smith
- Section Two: Middle Range Theories Ready for Application
- 4. Theories of Uncertainty in Illness - Merle H. Mishel
- 5. Theory of Meaning - Patricia L. Starck
- 6. Theory of Self-Transcendence - Pamela G. Reed
- 7. Theory of Symptom Management - Janice Humphreys, Susan Janson, DorAnne Donesky, Kathleen Dracup, Kathryn A. Lee, Kathleen Puntillo, Julia A. Faucett, Bradley Aouizerat, Christine Miaskowski, Christina Baggott, Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman, Mary Barger, Linda Franck, Christine Kennedy; the UCSF School of Nursing Symptom Management Faculty Group
- 8. The Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms - Elizabeth R. Lenz and Linda C. Pugh
- 9. Theory of Self-Efficacy - Barbara Resnick
- 10. Story Theory - Mary Jane Smith and Patricia R. Liehr
- 11. Theory of Transitions - Eun-Ok Im
- 12. Theory of Self-Reliance - John Lowe
- 13. Theory of Cultural Marginality - Heeseung Choi
- 14. Theory of Caregiving Dynamics - Loretta A. Williams
- 15. Theory of Moral Reckoning - Alvita Nathaniel
- Section Three: Concept Building for Research—Through the Lens of Middle Range Theory
- 16. Concept Building for Research - Patricia R. Liehr and Mary Jane Smith
- 17. Yearning for Sleep While Enduring Distress: A Concept for Nursing Research - April Lynne Shapiro
- 18. Reconceptualizing Normal - Shelley J. Greif
- 19. Yearning to Be Recognized: From Concept Building to Proposal Development to Data Gathering and Analysis - Anthony R. Ramsey
- 20. Catastrophic Cultural Immersion: From Concept Building to Proposal Development to Data Gathering and Analysis - Lisa Marie Wands
- Appendix: Middle Range Theories: 1988–2012