Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to nursing theory: its history, significance, and analysis --
History and philosophy of science --
Theory development process --
The structure of specialized nursing knowledge --
Nursing theories of historical significance --
Florence Nightingale: modern nursing --
Jean Watson: Watson's philosophy and theory of transpersonal caring --
Marilyn Ann Ray: theory of bureaucratic caring --
Patricia Benner: caring, clinical wisdom, and ethics in nursing practice --
Kari Martinsen: philosophy of caring --
Katie Eriksson: theory of caritative caring --
Myra Estrin Levine: the conservation model --
Martha E. Rogers: unitary human beings --
Dorothea E. Orem: self-care deficit theory of nursing --
Imogene M. King: conceptual system and middle-range theory of goal attainment --
Betty Neuman: systems model --
Sister Callista Roy: adaptation model --
Dorothy E. Johnson: behavioral system model --
Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer: the theory of nursing as caring: a model for transforming practice --
Afaf Ibrahim Meleis: transitions theory --
Nola J. Pender: health promotion model --
Madeleine M. Leininger: culture care theory of diversity and universality --
Margaret A. Newman: health as expanding consciousness --
Rosemarie Rizzo Parse: humanbecoming --
Helen C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, Mary Ann P. Swain: modeling and role-modeling --
Gladys L. Husted and James H. Husted: symphonological bioethical theory --
Ramona T. Mercer: maternal role attainment-becoming a mother --
Merle H. Mishel: uncertainty in illness theory --
Pamela G. Reed: self-transcendence theory --
Carolyn L. Wiener and Marylin J. Dodd: theory of illness trajectory --
Georgene Gaskill Eakes, Mary Lermann Burke, and Margaret A. Hainsworth: theory of chronic sorrow --
Phil Barker: the tidal model of mental health recovery --
Katharine Kolcaba: theory of comfort --
Cheryl Tatano Beck: postpartum depression theory --
Kristen M. Swanson: theory of caring --
Cornelia M. Ruland and Shirley M. Moore: peaceful end-of-life theory --
State of the art and science of nursing theory.

The most comprehensive of its kind, Nursing Theorists and Their Work, 8th Edition provides an in-depth look at 39 theorists of historical, international, and significant importance. Each chapter features a clear, consistent presentation of a key nursing philosophy or theory. Case studies, critical thinking activities, and in-depth objective critiques of nursing theories help bridge the gap between theory and application. Critical Thinking Activities at the end of each theorist chapter help you to process the theory presented and apply it to personal and hypothetical practice situations.
The most comprehensive of its kind, Nursing Theorists and Their Work, 8th Edition provides an in-depth look at 39 theorists of historical, international, and significant importance. Each chapter features a clear, consistent presentation of a key nursing philosophy or theory. Case studies, critical thinking activities, and in-depth objective critiques of nursing theories help bridge the gap between theory and application. Critical Thinking Activities at the end of each theorist chapter help you to process the theory presented and apply it to personal and hypothetical practice situations.