Table of Contents

 

 

 

PART I

OVERVIEW OF THEORY

 

1

Introduction to the Nature of Nursing Knowledge

 

2

Analysis, Evaluation, and Selection of a Middle Range Nursing Theory

 

PART II

MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES: PHYSIOLOGICAL

 

3

Pain: A Balance Between Analgesia and Side Effects

 

4

Unpleasant Symptoms

 

PART III

MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES: PSYCHOLOGICAL

 

5

Self-Efficacy

 

6

Chronic Sorrow

 

PART IV

MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES: SOCIAL

 

7

Social Support

 

8

Caring

 

9

Interpersonal Relations

 

10

Attachment

 

PART V

MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES: INTEGRATIVE

 

11

Modeling and Role-Modeling

 

12

Comfort

 

13

Health-Related Quality of Life

 

14

Health Promotion

 

15

Deliberative Nursing Process

 

16

Resilience

 

PART VI

MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES: PRACTICE MODELS

 

17

Shuler Nurse Practitioner Practice? Model

 

18

The AACN Synergy Model

 

Appendix A

Analyses of Theories

 

Appendix B

Instruments