Theoretical Nursing

Part ONE Our Theoretical Journey 1
CHAPTER 1 POSITIONING FOR THE JOURNEY 3
CHAPTER 2 ON BEING AND BECOMING A SCHOLAR 10
CHAPTER 3 THEORY:: METAPHORS, SYMBOLS, DEFINITIONS 29

Part TWO Our Theoretical Heritage 51
CHAPTER 4 FROM CANT TO KANT:: BARRIERS AND FORCES TOWARD THEORETICAL THINKING 53
CHAPTER 5 ON THE WAY TO THEORETICAL NURSING:: STAGES AND MILESTONES 78
CHAPTER 6 NURSING THEORY:: MIRROR, MICROSCOPE, OR TELESCOPE 109

Part THREE Our Epistemology 131
CHAPTER 7 THEORY DEVELOPMENT:: SOURCES, RESOURCES, AND PARADOXES 133
CHAPTER 8 STRATEGIES FOR CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT 163
CHAPTER 9 STRATEGIES FOR THEORY DEVELOPMENT 186
CHAPTER 10 DEVELOPING MIDDLE RANGE AND SITUATION-SPECIFIC THEORIES:: EXEMPLARS 212
CHAPTER 11 A MODEL FOR EVALUATION OF THEORIES:: DESCRIPTION, ANALYSIS, CRITIQUE, TESTING, AND SUPPORT 238

Part FOUR Our Pioneers:: The Theorists and the Theories 275
CHAPTER 12 ON NURSING CLIENTS 277
CHAPTER 13 ON INTERACTIONS 330
CHAPTER 14 ON HUMAN BEING-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS 390
CHAPTER 15 ON NURSING THERAPEUTICS 411

Part FIVE Our Discipline and Its Structure 451
CHAPTER 16 THE DISCIPLINE OF NURSING:: A PERSPECTIVE, A DOMAIN, AND DEFINITIONS 453
CHAPTER 17 OUR SYNTAX:: AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS 486
CHAPTER 18 DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS:: THEORIES AND CHALLENGES 515

Part SIX Our Historical Literature 549
CHAPTER 19 HISTORICAL WRITINGS IN THEORY 551
CHAPTER 20 HISTORICAL AND CURRENT THEORY BIBLIOGRAPHY 637

INDEX AUTHOR INDEX 779
SUBJECT INDEX 799