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Nurs 602: Theoretical & Conceptual Foundations (Spring 2024)

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Nursing Theories in Conceptual Models of Nursing book

Nursing Theorist Name Other Name(s) In Conceptual Models book?
Patricia Benner From Novice to Expert No
Juliet Corbin & Anselm Strauss Trajectory Framework No
Cheryl Cox IMCHB No
Joyce Fitzpatrick Life Perspective Rhythm Model Chapter 15 (pg. 325-347)
Marjory Gordon   No
Virginia Henderson Need Theory Chapter 5 (pg. 68-82)
Dorothy Johnson System model Chapter 6 (83-103)
Imogene King Goal Attainment theory Chapter 11 (pg. 225-246)
Madeleine Leininger Transcultural nursing Chapter 9 (pg. 177-193)
Howard Leventhal Common-Sense Model (CSM) No
Myra Levine   No
Carolyn Smith Marker Marker Professional Practice Model No
Merle Mishel Reconceptualized Uncertainty in Illness Theory (RUIT) No
Betty Neuman System model Chapter 10 (pg. 194-224)
Margaret Newman Health As Expanding Consciousness Chapter 13 (pg. 273-297)
Florence Nightingale Environment theory Chapter 3 (pg. 21-45)
Dorothea Orem Self-care theory Chapter 7 (pg. 104-145)
Ida Jean Orlando Nursing Process theory No
Rosemarie Rizzo Parse Human Becoming Theory No
Josephine Paterson & Loretta Zderad Humanistic nursing theory No
Nola Pender Health Promotion Model (HPM) No
Hildegard Peplau Interpersonal theory Chapter 4 (pg. 46-67)
Martha Rogers Unitary Human beings Chapter 12 (pg. 247-272)
Nancy Roper Model of Living, Roper–Logan–Tierney model of nursing No
Sister Calista Roy Adaptation theory Chapter 8 (pg. 146-176)
Reva Rubin Puerperal change No
Barbara Resnick social cognitive theory, Self efficacy theory No
Sonya Hardin, AACN think tank AACN Synergy Model No
Jean Watson Philosophy and Caring Model Chapter 14 (pg. 297-324)
Ernestine Wiedenbach The Helping Art of Clinical Nursing No