I. INTRODUCTION TO NURSING THEORY
One. Florence Nightingale ( Mother of Mother Nurses )
Nursing Conceptual Models
Eleven. Faye Glenn Abdellah
Twelve. Virginia Henderson
Fourteen. Madeleine Leininger
Sixteen. Rosemarie Rizzo Parse
Theories from Other Disciplines
HIGHLIGHTS OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
Four. The Nineteen Seventies
Six. The Nineteen Nineties
Four. The Nineteen Seventies
Five. The Nineteen Eighties
Six. The Nineteen Nineties
Eras of Nursing Knowledge
Curriculum Era ( Nineteen Hundreds to Forties )
Research Era ( Fifty to Seventies )
Graduate Education Era ( Sixties to Seventies )
Theory Era ( Eighties to Nineties )
Theory Utilization Era ( Twenty-First Century )
The Meaning of a Discipline versus a Profession
II. HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Why is Science Important?
Two competing Philosophical perspectives used in science are:
The major comparison of rationalism and empiricism.
The Early Twentieth Century views of science and theory:
Emergent views of science and theory in the Late Twentieth Century.
> Person - Recipient of nursing care.
Examples of Philosophies in Nursing
Two. Watson's Philosophy of Nursing, nineteen seventy-nine
Three. Benner's Philosophy of Nursing, nineteen eighty-four
Conceptual Models of Nursing
Examples of Nursing Models
Characteristics of a Theory
Examples of Nursing Theories
Importance of Nursing Theories
Analysis and Evaluation of Theoretical knowledge in Nursing
Nutrition and Taking Food
Major Assumptions - Nursing Metaparadigm
Critique of Nightingale's Environmental Philosophy
Nightingale and the Nursing Process