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Middle Range Theory for Nursing is a textbook designed for theory and research courses in master’s and doctoral programs. As described in the 2d edition of the Encyclopedia of Nursing Research, middle range theory ‘is a basic, usable structure of ideas, less abstract than grand theory and more abstract than empirical generalizations or micro-range theoryÖ. Middle-range theories are developed and grown at the intersection of practice and research to provide guidance for everyday practice and scholarly research rooted in the discipline of nursing.’
In this revised and updated second edition, the authors will revise the eight theories that were examined in the first edition with published research and practice updates along with any changes in the basic concepts and models. Seven new theories will be added. Each theory is presented by the theorist in a consistent format: purpose of the theory; basic concepts; relationships among the concepts, the model; use of the theory in nursing research and/or practice; conclusions; references.
Theories new to the second edition
- Symptom Management (Dodd et al.)
- Caring (Swanson)
- Embodied Language (Liehr et al.)
- Cultural Self-reliance (Lowe)
- Caregiver Stress (Tsai)
- Clinical Decision Making (Chase)
- Moral Reckoning (Nathaniel)
قائمة المحتويات
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Contributors
Foreword,
Joyce. J. Fitzpatrick
Preface
Acknowledgements
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, Kathryn A. Lee, Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman, Kathleen Puntillo, Julia Faucett, Susan Janson, Bradley Aouizerat, Dor Anne Donesky-Cuenco, and The UCSF School of Nursing Symptom Management Faculty Group
The Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms, Elizabeth R. Lenz and Linda C. Pugh
The Theory of Self-Efficacy, Barbara Resnick
Story Theory, Patricia Liehr and Mary Jane Smith
The Theory of Family Stress and Adaptation, Geri Lo Biondo-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
Appendix Middle Range Theories 1988 – 2007
Index’
عن المؤلف
Patricia R. Liehr, Ph D, RN, graduated from Ohio Valley Hospital, School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She completed her bachelor’s degree in nursing at Villa Maria College, her master’s in family health nursing at Duquesne University and her doctorate at the School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore. She did postdoctoral education at the University of Pennsylvania as a Robert Wood Johnson scholar. Currently, Dr. Liehr is a professor emerita of nursing at the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University; she has taught nursing theory to master’s and doctoral students for over 3 decades.