Middle Range Theory for Nursing 4th Edition

Middle Range Theory for Nursing, Fourth Edition 4th Edition – ISBN-13 9780826159915

eBook Description 

This user-friendly text stresses how theory informs practice and research in the everyday world of nursing. The book is divided into four sections, 1) setting the stage for middle range theory; 2) middle range theory ready for application; 3) concept building for research – through the lens of middle range theory; 4) current state of middle range theory.  Middle Range Theory for Nursing, Fourth Edition, presents a broad spectrum of 13 middle range theories. Each theory is broken down into its purpose, development, and conceptual underpinnings, and includes a model demonstrating the relationships among the concepts, and the use of the theory in research and practice. Concept building for research, the third section of the book, is a rigorous 10-phase process that moves from a practice story to a conceptual foundation. Four exemplars highlight use of the concept building process. This new edition remains an essential text for advanced practice theory and research courses.

This fourth edition presents an organization of chapters by meta-theory, middle range theories for nursing, concept building through a theoretical lens, and historical meta-perspective. The added theory chapters focused on dimensions of caring introduce a core element expressive of the disciplinary perspective (Newman, Sime, & Corcoran-Perry, 1991). The addition of the section describing the historical meta-perspective provides a dimension of context for scholars wishing to advance the body of nursing knowledge articulated through middle range theory.

Table of Content : 

Contributors Free
Foreword Free
Preface Free
Acknowledgments Free
Section One: Setting the Stage for Middle Range Theories
Chapter 1: Disciplinary Perspectives Linked to Middle Range Theory Free
Chapter 2: Understanding Middle Range Theory by Moving Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction
Chapter 3: Evaluation of Middle Range Theories for the Discipline of Nursing
Section Two: Middle Range Theories Ready for Application
Chapter 4: Theories of Uncertainty in Illness
Chapter 5: Theory of Meaning
Chapter 6: Theory of Bureaucratic Caring
Chapter 7: Theory of Self-Transcendence
Chapter 8: Theory of Symptom Management
Chapter 9: Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms
Chapter 10: Theory of Self-Efficacy
Chapter 11: Story Theory
Chapter 12: Theory of Transitions
Chapter 13: Theory of Self-Reliance
Chapter 14: Theory of Cultural Marginality
Chapter 15: Theory of Moral Reckoning
Chapter 16: Theory of Self-Care of Chronic Illness
Section Three: Concept Building for Research—Through the Lens of Middle Range Theory
Chapter 17: Concept Building for Research
Chapter 18: Nature Immersion: A Concept for Nursing Research
Chapter 19: Sheltering-in-Place: A Concept for Nursing Research
Chapter 20: Yearning for Sleep While Enduring Distress: From Concept Building to Research Proposal Development
Chapter 21: Reconceptualizing Normal: From Concept Building to Proposal Development
Section Four: Current State of Middle Range Theory
Chapter 22: Middle Range Theory: Spinning Research and Practice to Create Knowledge for the New Millennium
Chapter 23: Middle Range Theory: A Perspective on Development and Use
Appendix: Published Middle Range Theories: 1988-2017