Middle Range Theory for Nursing - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826119158 ISBN 13: 9780826119155

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2003

Synopsis

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The eight middle-range theories described in this work focus on different aspects of caring in the human health experience, with relevance to nursing. Each theory is presented in the same manner, including the purpose of the theory, foundational literature, key concepts, and use of the theory in nursing research and practice. A ladder concept is used throughout to illustrate movement from the more abstract to the more specific. A final chapter discusses evaluation of middle-range theory in general.

About this title

About the Author:

Mary Jane Smith, PhD, RN, earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and her doctorate from New York University. Her majors at the master's level include medical-surgical nursing and mental-health nursing; and nursing science while in the doctoral program. She has held faculty positions at the following nursing schools: University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, Cornell University-New York Hospital, and Ohio State University; and is currently Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Academic Affairs at West Virginia University School of Nursing. She has been teaching nursing theory to master's students for over 25 years.

Patricia R. Liehr, PhD, RN, graduated from Ohio Valley Hospital, School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She completed her baccalaureate degree in nursing at Villa Maria College, her master's in family health nursing at Duquesne University, and her doctorate at the University of Maryland - Baltimore, School of Nursing, with an emphasis on psychophysiology. She did postdoctoral education at the University of Pennsylvania as a Robert Wood Johnson scholar. Dr. Liehr is a professor of nursing at the University of Texas, Health Science Center - Houston, School of Nursing, where she has taught nursing theory to master's and doctoral students for the past 14 years.

Review:

"A most welcome addition to the nursing science literature. It fills a substantial gap in theory development in nursing."
--from the Foreword by Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, RN, FAAN

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0826119158
• ISBN 13: 9780826119155
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Smith PhD RN FAAN Mary Jane, Liehr PhD RN Patricia R.