Product Review

• Offers in-depth coverage of the development of the theories that guide nursing practice.


• Features chapters written by the original theorists, scholars, and nurses experienced in use of the theory in their practice.


• Presents 25 major theories, including…
  
  
  
  • Meleis’s Transition Theory
  
  
  • Troutman-Jordan’s Theory of Successful Aging
  
  
  • Barrett’s Theory of Power as Knowing Participation in Change
  
  
  • Caring Theories by Madeleine M. Leininger, Jean Watson, Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer.
  
  
  
  


• Emphasizes the relevance of theory to practice with additional content online focused on the application of theory to research.


• Addresses how to implement theory-based practice.


• Includes a list of references for each theory in the book, complemented by comprehensive lists online.