Includes bibliographical references and index

The nature of knowledge needed for nursing practice -- Nursing models: normal science for nursing practice -- Philosophies, models, and theories: critical thinking structures -- Philosophies, models, and theories: moral obligations -- Nightingale's philosophy in nursing practice -- Watson's philosophy in nursing practice -- Benner's philosophy in nursing practice -- Johnson's behavioral system model in nursing practice -- King's conceptual system and theory of goal attainment in nursing practice -- Levine's conservation model in nursing practice -- Neurman's systems model in nursing practice -- Orem's self-care deficit nursing theory in practice -- Rogers' science of unitary human beings in nursing practice -- Roy's adaptation model in nursing practice -- Orlando's nursing process theory in nursing practice -- Modeling and role-modeling theory in nursing practice -- Mercer's becoming a mother theory in nursing practice -- Leininger's theory of culture care diversity and universality in nursing practice -- Parse's theory of human becoming in nursing practice -- Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness in nursing practice -- Areas for further development of theory-based nursing practice -- Nursing philosophies, models, and theories: a focus on the future

Offers practical ways to integrate nursing theory into actual nursing practice. Intended as a companion title to "Nursing Theorists and Their Work", this book presents the theories to help readers determine concrete ways to apply these often abstract concepts in everyday practice