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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809621903321

Titolo

Middle range theory for nursing / / Mary Jane Smith and Patricia R. Liehr, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Springer Pub., , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-78268-171-X

1-281-96444-1

9786611964443

0-8261-1917-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 328 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

LiehrPatricia R

SmithMary Jane <1938->

Disciplina

610.7301

Soggetti

Information science

Nursing models

Nursing - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Disciplinary Perspectives Linked to Middle Range Theory; 2 Understanding Middle Range Theory by Moving Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction; 3 Building Structures for Research; 4 Theories of Uncertainty in Illness; 5 Theory of Meaning; 6 Theory of Self-Transcendence; 7 Theory of Community Empowerment; 8 Theory of Symptom Management; 9 Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms; 10 Theory of Self-Efficacy; 11 Story Theory; 12 Theory of Family Stress and Adaptation; 13 Theory of Cultural Marginality; 14 Theory of Caregiving Dynamics; 15 Theory of Moral Reckoning; 16 Evaluation of Middle Range Theories for the Discipline of Nursing; Appendix: Middle Range Theories: 1988-2007; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Middle Range Theory for Nursing is a textbook designed for theory and research courses in master's and doctoral programs. As described in the 2d edition of the Encyclopedia of Nursing Research , middle range theory ""is a basic, usable structure of ideas, less abstract than grand



theory and more abstract than empirical generalizations or micro-range theory . Middle-range theories are developed and grown at the intersection of practice and research to provide guidance for everyday practice and scholarly research rooted in the discipline of nursing."". In this revised and updated second edition,