Perspectives on nursing theory / edited by Pamela G. Reed, Nelma B. Crawford Shearer ; Leslie H. Nicoll, editor emerita.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reed, Pamela G., 1952-

Shearer, Nelma B. Crawford, 1950-

Nicoll, Leslie H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--Philosophy.

Nursing.

Nursing models.

Nursing Theory.

Medical Subjects:

Nursing Theory.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 658 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2004]

Summary:

This invaluable resource presents more than 60 of the most widely read and frequently cited articles that reflect seminal, current, and futurist thinking and perspectives on nursing theory. Classic and contemporary articles from many of the great leaders in nursing over the past forty years serve to clarify and amplify the historic and current debates in the field. Forty new articles on the cutting-edge of today's current and future trends have replaced older articles in this Fourth Edition. The content has been reorganized by chronology and theme for ease-of-use and quick reference.

Contents:

Unit 1 Structures of Nursing Knowledge

Philosophy and Science

Chapter 1 Philosophy, Science, Theory: Interrelationships and Implications for Nursing Research / Mary C. Silva 3

Chapter 2 The Relationship between Theory and Research: A Double Helix / Jacqueline Fawcett 11

Chapter 3 Nursing Questions that Science Cannot Answer / June F. Kikuchi 23

Chapter 4 Scientific Inquiry in Nursing: A Model for a New Age / Holly A. DeGroot 31

Theory

Chapter 5 Nursing Systems and Nursing Models / John R. Phillips 49

Chapter 6 Levels of Theoretical Thinking in Nursing / Patricia A. Higgins, Shirley M. Moore 55

Chapter 7 Theoretical Thinking in Nursing: Problems and Prospects / Hesook Suzie Kim 63

Evaluation Criteria

Chapter 8 Theories: Components, Development, Evaluation / Margaret E. Hardy 75

Chapter 9 Framework for Analysis and Evaluation of Conceptual Models of Nursing / Jacqueline Fawcett 87

Unit 2 Historical Perspectives on Nursing Theory

Philosophies and Worldviews

Chapter 10 Nursing's Scientific Quest / Jean Watson 97

Chapter 11 The History and Philosophy of Nursing Science and Research / Susan R. Gortner 105

Chapter 12 Nursing's Theoretical Evolution / Margaret A. Newman 113

Nursing Theory and Theories

Chapter 13 Perspectives on Nursing Theory / Margaret E. Hardy 121

Chapter 14 Congruence between Existing Theories of Family Functioning and Nursing Theories / Ann L. Whall 133

Chapter 15 Theory: Of or For Nursing? / Elizabeth A. M. Barrett 141

Trends and Issues

Chapter 16 An Analysis of Changing Trends in Philosophies of Science on Nursing Theory Development and Testing / Mary C. Silva, Daniel Rothbart 145

Chapter 17 A Non-Theorist's Perspective on Nursing Theory: Issues of the 1990s / Freda G. DeKeyser, Barbara Medoff-Cooper 159

Chapter 18 Nursing Reformation: Historical Reflections and Philosophic Foundations / Pamela G. Reed 169

Unit 3 Philosophic Foundations of Science and Theory

Worldviews

Chapter 19 From a Plethora of Paradigms to Parsimony in Worldviews / Jacqueline Fawcett 179

Chapter 20 Prevailing Paradigms in Nursing / Margaret A. Newman 185

Chapter 21 Toward a New View of Science: Implications for Nursing Research / Mindy B. Tinkle, Janet L. Beaton 191

Chapter 22 A Multiparadigm Approach to Nursing / Joan Engebretson 201

Chapter 23 Toward a Complementary Perspective on Worldviews / Susan K. Leddy 213

Epistemology

Chapter 24 Fundamental Patterns of Knowing in Nursing / Barbara A. Carper 221

Chapter 25 Nursing Epistemology: Traditions, Insights, Questions / Phyllis R. Schultz, Afaf I. Meleis 229

Chapter 26 'Unknowing': Toward Another Pattern of Knowing in Nursing / Patricia L. Munhall 239

Chapter 27 Patterns of Knowing: Review, Critique, and Update / Jill White 247

Chapter 28 From Carper's Patterns of Knowing to Ways of Being: An Ontological Philosophical Shift in Nursing / Mary C. Silva, Jeanne M. Sorrell, Christine D. Sorrell 259

Chapter 29 Unitary Appreciative Inquiry / W. Richard Cowling III 271

Chapter 30 On Nursing Theories and Evidence / Jacqueline Fawcett, Jean Watson, Betty Neuman, Patricia H. Walker, Joyce J. Fitzpatrick 285

Ontology

Chapter 31 The Discipline of Nursing / Sue K. Donaldson, Dorothy M. Crowley 293

Chapter 32 Philosophical Sources of Nursing Theory / Barbara Sarter 305

Chapter 33 The Focus of the Discipline of Nursing / Margaret A. Newman, A. Marilyn Sime, Sheila A. Corcoran-Perry 315

Chapter 34 Nursing: The Ontology of the Discipline / Pamela G. Reed 321

Chapter 35 Nursing as a Practice Rather Than an Art or a Science / Anne H. Bishop, John R. Scudder, Jr. 329

Chapter 36 Nursing as Means of Governmentality / Dave Holmes, Denise Gastaldo 335

Ethics

Chapter 37 Nursing Theorizing as an Ethical Endeavor / Pamela G. Reed 347

Chapter 38 Integration of Nursing Theory and Nursing Ethics / Michael Yeo 355

Chapter 39 Caring Knowledge and Informed Moral Passion / Jean Watson 365

Chapter 40 Relational Narrative: The Postmodern Turn in Nursing Ethics / Sally Gadow 375

Chapter 41 Nursing Ethics in an Era of Globalization / Wendy Austin 387

Philosophies and Knowledge Development

Chapter 42 Nursing's Syntax Revisited: A Critique of Philosophies Said to Influence Nursing Theories / Susan R. Gortner 403

Chapter 43 Postmodernism and Knowledge Development in Nursing / Jean Watson 415

Chapter 44 Paradigms Lost, Paradigms Regained: Defending Nursing Against a Single Reading of Postmodernism / Chris Stevenson, Ian Beech 423

Chapter 45 Conversation Across Paradigms: Unitary-Transformative and Critical Feminist Perspectives / W. Richard Cowling, III, Peggy L. Chinn 433

Chapter 46 Caring Science and the Science of Unitary Human Beings: A Trans-Theoretical Discourse for Nursing Knowledge Development / Jean Watson, Marlaine C. Smith 449

Unit 4 Nursing Theory and Practice

Practice and Knowledge

Chapter 47 The Practitioner as Theorist / Rosemary Ellis 465

Chapter 48 Theorizing the Knowledge That Nurses Use in the Conduct of Their Work / Joan Liaschenko, Anastasia Fisher 473

Chapter 49 Transforming Practice Knowledge into Nursing Knowledge

A Revisionist Analysis of Peplau / Pamela G. Reed 485

Nursing Aesthetics

Chapter 50 Toward an Understanding of Art in Nursing / Jeanne J. LeVasseur 495

Chapter 51 The Art of Nursing / Paul Wainwright 509

Practice, Pragmatism, and Praxis

Chapter 52 Practical Nursing Judgment: A Moderate Realist Conception / June F. Kikuchi, Helen Simmons 519

Chapter 53 Bridging the Gulf between Science and Action: The "New Fuzzies" of Neopragmatism / Catherine A. Warms, Carole A. Schroeder 531

Chapter 54 Nursing as Normative Praxis / Colin Holmes, Philip Warelow 541

Unit 5 Future Directions for Nursing Theory

Chapter 55 The Unrecognized Paradigm Shift in Nursing: Implications, Problems, and Possibilities / Ann L. Whall, Frank D. Hicks 553

Chapter 56 A Treatise on Nursing Knowledge Development for the 21st century: Beyond Postmodernism / Pamela G. Reed 561

Chapter 57 Nursing Science and the Space Age / Martha E. Rogers 573

Chapter 58 The Pattern That Connects / Margaret A. Newman 585

Chapter 59 Middle Range Theory: Spinning Research and Practice to Create Knowledge for the New Millennium / Patricia Liehr, Mary Jane Smith 593

Chapter 60 An Integrative Framework for Conceptualizing Clients: A Proposal for a Nursing Perspective in the New Century / Hesook Suzie Kim 605

Chapter 61 Philosophy of Technology and Nursing / Alan Barnard 613

Chapter 62 What is Nursing Science? / Elizabeth A. M. Barrett 627.

Notes:

Anthology of previously published articles.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0781747430

OCLC:

51978032