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Middle range theory for nursing / [edited by] Mary Jane Smith, Patricia R. Liehr.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Springer Publishing Company 2013Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvii, 458 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780826195517
  • 9780826195524 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.7301 23
LOC classification:
  • RT84.5 .M537 2014
Contents:
Disciplinary perspectives linked to middle range theory / Marlaine C. Smith -- Understanding middle range theory by moving up and down the ladder of abstraction / Mary Jane Smith and Patricia R. Liehr -- Evaluation of middle range theories for the discipline of nursing / Marlaine C. Smith -- Theories of uncertainty in illness / Merle H. Mishel -- Theory of meaning / Patricia L. Starck -- Theory of self-transcendence / Pamela G. Reed -- Theory of symptom management / Janice Humphreys ... [et al.] -- Theory of unpleasant symptoms / Elizabeth R. Lenz and Linda C. Pugh -- Theory of self-efficacy / Barbara Resnick -- Story theory / Mary Jane Smith and Patricia R. Liehr -- Theory of transitions / Eun-Ok Im -- Theory of self-reliance / John Lowe -- Theory of cultural marginality / Heeseung Choi -- Theory of caregiving dynamics / Loretta A. Williams -- Theory of moral reckoning / Alvita Nathaniel -- Concept building for research / Patricia R. Liehr and Mary Jane Smith -- Yearning for sleep while enduring distress : a concept for nursing research / April Lynne Shapiro -- Reconceptualizing normal / Shelley J. Greif -- Yearning to be recognized : from concept building to proposal development to data gathering and analysis / Anthony R. Ramsey -- Catastrophic cultural immersion : from concept building to proposal development to data gathering and analysis / Lisa Marie Wands.
Summary: Middle range theory has become a vital staple of nursing education and application to research. These theories, which lie between the working hypotheses derived from day-to-day research and the larger, systemic efforts to develop unified theories, cover the scientific underpinnings that guide nursing practice and research.
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4 Week Loan University Hospital Limerick Regional University Hospital Limerick Regional Open Shelves 610.7301 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 02084507420446
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Previous edition: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disciplinary perspectives linked to middle range theory / Marlaine C. Smith -- Understanding middle range theory by moving up and down the ladder of abstraction / Mary Jane Smith and Patricia R. Liehr -- Evaluation of middle range theories for the discipline of nursing / Marlaine C. Smith -- Theories of uncertainty in illness / Merle H. Mishel -- Theory of meaning / Patricia L. Starck -- Theory of self-transcendence / Pamela G. Reed -- Theory of symptom management / Janice Humphreys ... [et al.] -- Theory of unpleasant symptoms / Elizabeth R. Lenz and Linda C. Pugh -- Theory of self-efficacy / Barbara Resnick -- Story theory / Mary Jane Smith and Patricia R. Liehr -- Theory of transitions / Eun-Ok Im -- Theory of self-reliance / John Lowe -- Theory of cultural marginality / Heeseung Choi -- Theory of caregiving dynamics / Loretta A. Williams -- Theory of moral reckoning / Alvita Nathaniel -- Concept building for research / Patricia R. Liehr and Mary Jane Smith -- Yearning for sleep while enduring distress : a concept for nursing research / April Lynne Shapiro -- Reconceptualizing normal / Shelley J. Greif -- Yearning to be recognized : from concept building to proposal development to data gathering and analysis / Anthony R. Ramsey -- Catastrophic cultural immersion : from concept building to proposal development to data gathering and analysis / Lisa Marie Wands.

Middle range theory has become a vital staple of nursing education and application to research. These theories, which lie between the working hypotheses derived from day-to-day research and the larger, systemic efforts to develop unified theories, cover the scientific underpinnings that guide nursing practice and research.

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