Introduction to nursing theory: its history, significance, and analysis / Martha Raile Alligood -- History and philosophy of science / Sue Marquis Bishop and Sonya R. Hardin -- Logical reasoning / Sue Marquis Bishop and Sonya R. Hardin -- Theory development process / Sue Marquis Bishop and Sonya R. Hardin -- Nursing theorists of historical significance: Hildegard E. Peplau, Faye Glenn Abdellah, Ernestine Wiedenbach, Lydia Hall, Virginia Henderson, Joyce Travelbee, Kathryn E. Barnard, Evelyn Adam, Nancy Roper, Winifred W. Logan, Alison J. Tierney / Ann Marriner Tomey -- Florence Nightingale: modern nursing / Susan A. Pfettscher -- Jean Watson: philosophy and science of caring / Ruth M. Neil and Ann Marriner Tomey -- Marilyn Anne Ray: theory of bureaucratic caring / Sherrilyn Coffman -- Patricia Benner: from novice to expert: excellence and power in clinical nursing practice / Karen A. Brykczynski -- Kari Martinsen: philosophy of caring / Herdis Alvsv��g -- Katie Eriksson: theory of caritative caring / Unni ��. Lindstr��m, Lisbet Lindholm, and Joan E. Zetterlund -- Myra Estrin Levine: the conservation model / Karen Moore Schaefer -- Martha E. Rogers: unitary human beings / Mary E. Gunther -- Dorothea E. Orem: self-care deficit theory of nursing / Susan G. Taylor -- Imogene King: interacting systems framework and middle range theory of goal attainment / Christina L. Sieloff -- Betty Neuman: systems model / Barbara T. Freese -- Sister Callista Roy: adaptation model / Kenneth D. Phillips -- Dorothy E. Johnson: behavioral system model / Victoria M. Brown -- Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer: nursing as caring: a model for transforming practice / Marguerite J. Purnell -- Ida Jean Orlando (Pelletier): nursing process theory / Norma Jean Schmieding -- Nola J. Pender: health promotion model / Teresa J. Sakraida -- Madeleine Leininger: cultural care theory of diversity and universality / Marilyn McFarland -- Margaret A. Newman: health as expanding consciousness / Janet Witucki Brown -- Rosemarie Rizzo Parse: human becoming / Gail J. Mitchell -- Helen C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, and Mary Ann P. Swain: modeling and role-modeling / Margaret E. Erickson -- Gladys L. Husted and James H. Husted: symphonological bioethical theory / Carrie Scotto -- Ramona T. Mercer: maternal role attainment -- becoming a mother / Molly Meighan -- Merle H. Mishel: uncertainty in illness theory / Donald E. Bailey, Jr. and Janet L. Stewart -- Pamela G. Reed: self-transcendence theory / Doris D. Coward -- Carolyn L. Wiener and Marylin J. Dodd: theory of illness trajectory / Janice Penrod and Chin-Fang Liu -- Georgene Gaskill Eakes, Mary Lermann Burke, and Margaret A. Hainsworth: theory of chronic sorrow / Ann M. Schrier and Nellie S. Droes -- Phil Barker: tidal model of mental health recovery / Nancy Brookes -- Katherine Kolcaba: theory of comfort / Th��r��se Dowd -- Cheryl Tatano Beck: postpartum depression theory / M. Katherine Maeve -- Kristen M. Swanson: theory of caring / Danuta M. Wojnar -- Cornelia M. Ruland and Shirley M. Moore: peaceful end of life theory / Patricia A. Higgins -- Sate of the art and science of nursing theory / Martha Raile Alligood

This textbook provides in-depth descriptions and analyses of 31 specific nursing theories. This edition offers 2 new chapters and a concise outline and summary of each theory's most significant ideas, as well as clarifying content-specific vocabulary