Middle range theory for nursing

This user-friendly text stresses how theory informs practice and research in the everyday world of nursing. Divided into four sections, content sets the stage for understanding middle range theory by elaborating on disciplinary perspectives, an organizing framework, and evaluation of the theory. Middle Range Theory for Nursing, Fourth Edition, presents a broad spectrum of 13 middle range theories.

Contributors -- Foreword / Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, FNAP -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I: Setting the stage for middle range theories: 1. Disciplinary perspectives linked to middle range theory / Marlaine C. Smith; 2. Understanding middle range theory by moving up and down the ladder of abstraction / Mary Jane Smith and Patricia R. Liehr; 3. Evaluation of Middle Range Theories for the Discipline of Nursing / Marlaine C. Smith -- II: Middle range theories ready for application: 4. Theories of uncertainty in illness / Margaret F. Clayton, Marleah Dean, and Merle Mishel; 5. Theory of meaning / Teresa Daniel Ritchie, Suzy Mascaro Walter, and Patricia Starck; 6. Theory of bureaucratic caring / Marilyn A. Ray; 7. Theory of self-transcendence / Pamela G. Reed; 8. Theory of symptom management / Melinda S. Bender, Susan L. Janson, Linda S. Franck, and Kathryn Aldrich Lee; 9. Theory of unpleasant symptoms / Elizabeth R. Lenz and Linda C. Pugh; 10. Theory of self-efficacy / Barbara Resnick; 11. Story theory / Patricia R. Liehr and Mary Jane Smith; 12. Theory of transitions / Eun-Ok Im; 13. Theory of self-reliance / John Lowe; 14. Theory of cultural marginality / Heeseung …