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