Pioneering Theories in Nursing.

Cover -- Contents -- Front matter -- Title page -- Publisher information -- Note -- Foreword by Sir George Castledine -- Editors -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Body matter -- Section One: How did we get here? -- Overview -- Chapter 1: Florence Nightingale -- Chapter 2: Mary Seacole -- Chapter 3: Isabel Hampton Robb -- Chapter 4: Faye Glenn Abdellah -- Section Two: How do I do the job? -- Overview -- Chapter 5: Lydia Hall -- Chapter 6: Barbara Carper -- Chapter 7: Josephine Paterson and Loretta Zderad -- Chapter 8: Katharine Kolcaba -- Chapter 9: Ramona Thieme Mercer -- Chapter 10: Patricia Benner -- Section Three: How do I know what people need? -- Overview -- Chapter 11: Virginia Avenel Henderson -- Chapter 12: Madeleine Leininger -- Chapter 13: Ernestine Wiedenbach -- Chapter 14: Dorothea Elizabeth Orem -- Chapter 15: Myra Estrin Levine -- Chapter 16: Nancy Roper, Winifred W Logan and Alison J Tierney -- Section Four: Grand theories -- Overview -- Chapter 17: Callista L Roy -- Chapter 18: Betty Neuman -- Chapter 19: Martha Elizabeth Rogers -- Chapter 20: Margaret Newman -- Chapter 21: Rosemarie Rizzo Parse -- Section Five: What do you want me to do to help? -- Overview -- Chapter 22: Ida Orlando -- Chapter 23: Imogene King -- Chapter 24: Moyra Allen -- Chapter 25: Anne Casey -- Chapter 26: Hildegard E Peplau -- Chapter 27: Philip J Barker -- Back matter -- Also available.

Pioneering Theories in Nursing traces the origins of nursing theories through their founders. Unlike other nursing theory texts, this book provides the personal story on some of the greatest nursing leaders, clinicians and theorists to date so the reader can understand the context within which the nursing pioneer developed their theory. It will attempt to explain the theories and practice of nursing and provide food for thought for students and practitioners, encouraging reflective thinking. Each section begins with an overview of the chapters and identifies common themes. Designed to be highly user-friendly, each chapter follows a standard structure with a short biography, a summary on their special interests and an outline of their writings before each theory is examined in detail. The chapter then looks at instances of how this theory has been put into practice and what influence this process has had on the wider nursing community. Further links to other theorists are provided a.

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