Analyzing and conceptualizing the theoretical foundations of nursing / Janice M. Morse, PhD (Nurs), PhD (Anthro), FCAHS, FAAN.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morse, Janice M., author.

Contributor:

Morse, Janice M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--Research.

Nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (832 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Publishing Company, [2017]

Summary:

Delivers all information required for the Theoretical Foundations of Nursing course By embracing the major conceptual and theoretical contributions to nursing research that are outside of traditional nursing theory, this book serves as a vital resource for nurse researchers, and one that is indispensable for doctoral nursing students embarking on their dissertations. Containing the full complement of information required for the Theoretical Foundations of Nursing course for PhD programs, the text supports the foundational skills needed for excellence in research and scholarship. The book examines in depth the components of nursing theory and the types of theory used in nursing research and practice, and teaches students about the nature and use of concepts and the development of critical thinking skills that are essential for nursing research.This text contains information for developing concepts and middle-range theory, using a variety of qualitative research methods, broadening theoretical scope by linking middle-range theories, and moving knowledge toward certainty by use of evidence. It also illustrates the construction of frameworks for quantitative inquiry, exploring theory in mixed-method design and how theory develops knowledge. Each method includes a description of the methodological approach and examples of subsequent concept or theory development. The text includes several methods for the development of concepts, micro- and mid-range theories using qualitative research, and a discussion of the new trend of moving these qualitative theories toward practice-based evidence. Each section of the book contains practical examples and supplementary activities that encourage inquiry.

Contents:

Section I: Desperately Seeking Theory

1. The fringes of knowledge

2. Where we came from

3. Seeing what we know: knowing what we see

4. Incorporating theory into practice research

5. Orientation 101: definitions and other essential extraneous notes

6. The battlefield of knowledge: different purposes, different approaches

Section II: All About Concepts; The Conceptualization of Concepts

7. Concepts in context

8. Summary of major methods for exploring concepts

9. Inductive-deductive pitfalls in concept development

10. The pink elephant paradox (or, avoiding the misattribution of data)

11. Concept evaluation: determining appropriate strategies for concept development

Section III: Emerging Concepts

12. Qualitative strategies for concept development

13. Concept identification using qualitative inquiry

14. Building concepts

15. Qualitative structured techniques

16. The prototypical method

Section IV: Partially developed concepts

17. Concept clarification : the use of pragmatic utility

18. Research using pragmatic utility

19. Concept comparison

20. Self-transcendence and self-reformation : one concept or two?

Section V: Toward Mid-rang Theory

21. From concept development to qualitatively derived theory : ethical sensitivity in professional practice

22. Linking and ordering concepts

23. Making useful theory : making theory useful

24. Modes of releasing in the Praxis Theory of Suffering : the responses of women to the results of breast biopsy

Section VI: Mixed- and Multiple-Method Approaches

25. Expanding theory using mixed methods

26. Developing theory using mixed methods : patterns of attending in nursing

Section VII: The Quanitiative Mindframe

27. Developing quantitative theory

28. The social determinants of health : an expanded conceptual framework for nursing

Section VIII: Toward Certainty: Building a Mature Theoretical Base

29. Toward certainty : qualitative meta-synthesis

30. Meta-synthesis of nursing presence

31. Perceived competency and resolution of homelessness among women with substance abuse problems

32. Developing theory using meta-analysis

33. Toward a theory of illness : the illness-constellation model

Section IX: Toward Theory-based interventions

34. Theoretical coalescence

35. The evolution of our understanding of suffering : The Praxis Theory of Suffering

36. Toward understanding comfort and comforting

37. The praxis theory of comfort and comforting

38. The theory of becoming resolute : guiding mental health practice with survivors of maltreatment

Section X: Postface

39. The myth of a theory base

Postface : the (r)evolution of nursing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 15, 2016).

ISBN:

9780826161024

0826161022

OCLC:

957318399