Guides: Nursing: Nursing Theory

Nursing Theory Original Works

Nursing Theorists and their Original Works

Nursing Theory - Original Works Chart
Chart contains a list of nursing theories, theorists, references for their original works, and Detroit Mercy library holdings for the articles or books. The content is organized alphabetically by theorist. (This chart is still under construction. Please ignore the garish colors for now.)

Nursing Theory eBooks

Comfort Theory and Practice by Katharine Kolcaba
Publication Date: 2003
Single user ebook
The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research by Barney G. Glaser; Anselm L. Strauss
Publication Date: 2017; 1st ed
Single user ebook
Glaserian Grounded Theory in Nursing Research by Barbara M. Artinian; Tove Giske; Pamela H. Cone
Publication Date: 2009
Single user ebook
Introduction to Health Behavior Theory by Joanna Hayden
Publication Date: 2022; 4th ed.
**Single user ebook
Leininger's Culture Care Diversity and Universality by Marilyn R. McFarland; Hiba B. Wehbe-Alamah
ISBN: 9781284026627
Publication Date: 2014
Single user ebook
Middle Range Theory for Nursing by Mary Jane Smith; Patricia R. Liehr
Publication Date: 2018; 4th ed.
**Single user ebook
Middle Range Theory for Nursing by Mary Jane Smith (Editor); Patricia R. Liehr (Editor); Roger D. Carpenter (Editor)
Publication Date: 2023; 5th ed.
*Single user ebook
The Nature of Theoretical Thinking in Nursing by Hesook Suzie Kim
Publication Date: 2010
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Nursing Theories by Hesook et al Kim
Publication Date: 2006
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Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice by Marlaine Smith; Marilyn E. Parker
Publication Date: 2019; 5th ed
**Single user ebook.
Nursing Theorists and Their Work by Martha Raile Alligood
Publication Date: 2017; 9th ed.
**Single user ebook.
The PEACE Model Evidence-Based Practice Guide for Clinical Nurses by Joyce Fitzpatrick (Editor); Reynaldo Rivera (Editor)
Publication Date: 2021
**Single user ebook
Self-Care Science, Nursing Theory and Evidence-Based Nursing Practice by Susan G. Taylor; Kathie McLaughlin Renpenning
ISBN: 9780826107787
Publication Date: 2011
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Self Care Theory in Nursing : Selected Papers of Dorothea Orem by Katherine McLaughlin Renpenning (Editor); Susan G. Taylor (Editor)
Publication Date: 2003
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Situation Specific Theories: Development, Utilization, and Evaluation in Nursing by Eun-Ok Im (Editor); Afaf I. Meleis (Editor)
Publication Date: 2021; 1st ed
**Single user ebook
Transcultural Nursing Theory and Models : Application in Nursing Education, Practice, and Administration by Priscilla Sagar
ISBN: 9780826107480
Publication Date: 2011
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Transitions Theory : Middle-range and Situation-specific Theories in Nursing Research and Practice by Afaf Ibrahim Meleis
Publication Date: 2009
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Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists : A creative beginning by Kathleen Sitzman; Lisa Wright Eichelberger
Publication Date: 2015; 3rd ed.
** Single user ebook.
Wright and Leahey's Nurses and Families by Zahra Shajani (Contribution by); Diana Snell (Contribution by)
Publication Date: 2023; 8th ed
*Single user ebook
*Calgary Family Assessment

Nursing Theory Websites

Nursology.net: Nurse Scholars and Their Work
Click on a “card” in the galley to obtain the link to the specific item you want to view. Below the gallery links is a directory of the names of nurse scholars who have authored works contributing to the development of nursing knowledge.
Current Nursing: Nursing Theories
Provides a vast amount of information about nursing theories and theorists.
Nursing Theory
Includes a list of major nursing theorists who have contributed to the development of professional nursing practice into what it is today.
Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science: Nursing Theory and Research
A collaborative effort by an international group interested in developing a collection of resources about nursing theories throughout the world. Site is hosted by the University of San Diego.

Nursing Theory Books - Catalog Search

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