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Middle range theory for nursing / Mary Jane Smith and Patricia R. Liehr, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Springer, c2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxi, 328 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780826119162 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.7301 22
LOC classification:
  • RT84.5 .M537 2008
NLM classification:
  • WY 86
Contents:
Disciplinary perspectives linked to middle range theory / Marlaine C. Smith -- Understanding middle range theories by moving up and down the ladder of abstraction / Mary Jane Smith and Patricia Liehr -- Building structures for research / Patricia Liehr and Mary Jane Smith -- Theories of uncertainty in illness / Merle H. Mishel and Margaret F. Clayton -- The theory of meaning / Patricia L. Starck -- The theory of self-transcendence / Pamela G. Reed -- The theory of community empowerment / Cynthia Armstrong Persily and Eugenie Hildebrandt -- The theory of symptom management / Janice Humphreys ... [et al.] -- The theory of unpleasant symptoms -- The theory of self-efficacy / Barbara Resnick -- Story theory / Patricia Liehr and Mary Jane Smith -- The theory of family stress and adaptation / Geri LoBiondo-Wood -- The theory of cultural marginality / Heeseung Choi -- The theory of caregiving dynamics / Loretta Williams -- The theory of moral reckoning / Alvita Nathaniel -- Evaluation of middle range theories for the discipline of nursing / Marlaine C. Smith.
Summary: This textbook has been designed for theory and reseach courses in masters and doctoral programmes. As described in the 'Encyclopedia of Nursing Rsearch', middle range theory 'is a basic, usable structure of ideas, less abstract than grand theory and more abstract than empirical generalizations or micro-range theory'.
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2 Week Loan Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Library, Drogheda Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Library, Drogheda Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda 610.7301 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available DR09371
4 Week Loan Sligo University Hospital Sligo University Hospital Sligo University Hospital - Library Available 04643
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Previous ed.: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disciplinary perspectives linked to middle range theory / Marlaine C. Smith -- Understanding middle range theories by moving up and down the ladder of abstraction / Mary Jane Smith and Patricia Liehr -- Building structures for research / Patricia Liehr and Mary Jane Smith -- Theories of uncertainty in illness / Merle H. Mishel and Margaret F. Clayton -- The theory of meaning / Patricia L. Starck -- The theory of self-transcendence / Pamela G. Reed -- The theory of community empowerment / Cynthia Armstrong Persily and Eugenie Hildebrandt -- The theory of symptom management / Janice Humphreys ... [et al.] -- The theory of unpleasant symptoms -- The theory of self-efficacy / Barbara Resnick -- Story theory / Patricia Liehr and Mary Jane Smith -- The theory of family stress and adaptation / Geri LoBiondo-Wood -- The theory of cultural marginality / Heeseung Choi -- The theory of caregiving dynamics / Loretta Williams -- The theory of moral reckoning / Alvita Nathaniel -- Evaluation of middle range theories for the discipline of nursing / Marlaine C. Smith.

This textbook has been designed for theory and reseach courses in masters and doctoral programmes. As described in the 'Encyclopedia of Nursing Rsearch', middle range theory 'is a basic, usable structure of ideas, less abstract than grand theory and more abstract than empirical generalizations or micro-range theory'.

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