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Nursing Theory Assignment Help

In this section, you will find suggestions for how to search in the library for resources about a nursing theory in the Library.

How to Search for a Nursing Theory in the Library

First you would need to pick out a mid-range theory and a grand nursing theory. Having chosen those will make searching in the library easier. There should be some listed in your textbook. 

First you would need to pick out a mid-range theory and a grand nursing theory. Having chosen those will make searching in the library easier. There should be some listed in your textbook. 

Here is a partial list to help you get started:

Grand theory

Florence Nightingale:  Environmental Theory

Virginia Henderson: Nursing Need Theory

Faye Glenn Abdellah: 21 Nursing Problems Theory

Joyce Travelbee: Human-to-Human Relationship Model

Jean Watson: Theory of Human Caring

Myra Estrin Levine: Conservation Model for Nursing

Martha Rogers: Theory of Unitary Human Beings

Margaret Newman: Health as Expanding Consciousness

Dorothea E. Orem: Self-Care Theory

Betty Neuman: Neuman’s Systems Model  

Sister Callista Roy: Adaptation Model of Nursing

Margaret A. Newman: Health as Expanding Consciousness

Rosemarie Rizzo Parse: Human Becoming Theory

Helen C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, and Mary Ann P. Swain: Modeling and Role-Modeling

Mid-Range theory

Hildegard Peplau's Interpersonal Relations Theory

Kathryn E. Barnard: Child Health Assessment Model

Ida Jean Orlando: Nursing Process Theory 

Marilyn Anne Ray: Theory of Bureaucratic Caring

Imogene M. King: Theory of Goal Attainment

Dorothy E. Johnson: Behavioral Systems Model

Afaf Ibrahim Meleis: Transitions Theory

Nola Pender: Health Promotion Model 

Madeleine M. Leininger: Transcultural Nursing Theory

Ramona T. Mercer: Maternal Role Attainment—Becoming a Mother

Merle H. Mishel: Uncertainty in Illness Theory

Pamela G. Reed: Self-Transcendence Theory

Carolyn L. Wiener and Marylin J. Dodd: Theory of Illness Trajectory

Georgene Gaskill Eakes, Mary Lermann Burke, and Margaret A. Hainsworth: Theory of Chronic Sorrow

Phil Barker: Barker’s Tidal Model of Mental Health Recovery

Katharine Kolcaba: Theory of Comfort

Cheryl Tatano Beck: Postpartum Depression Theory

Kristen M. Swanson: Theory of Caring

Cornelia M. Ruland and Shirley M. Moore: Peaceful End-of-Life Theory 

For this example, Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring will be used.  You can simply search for the theory, like this:

  • In the large search box on the Library's main page, type:  theory of human caring
  • Click on Search
Look for articles that have keywords in the title and/or articles that have keywords in the subjects section of the article.  The words are highlighted in the article below.  Take a look at the articles to see if they seem like they could be helpful by clicking on PDF Full Text.  
 
 
Don't forget to take a look at the articles references!  They may have used resources that would be helpful for your assignment.  You can look for them in the library.  If we don't have access to the item, the search results may bring up other items that could be helpful.
 
 
If you do not find anything related to the theory you are looking for, then put the words into quotation marks.  
Like this: "theory of human caring"
By putting the words into quotation marks, they are more likely to be searched for together.
 
To look to see what we have in the library on theory written by the theorist, try the following search:
  • Back on the Library homepage, there is a link labeled Advanced Search, located just below the large search box.  Click on that link.
  • In the top search box, type the name of the theory you are searching.   "theory of human caring"
  • In the middle search box, type the name of the theorist.  jean watson (Try it without quotes first)
  • Then, change the middle drop down box so that the AU Author appears.  By doing that, the author field will be searched and only authors by that name will appear in the results list.
  • Click on Search.
 

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