Designed to help students understand the development and evaluation of the theoretical base for nursing practice research and education, this resource familiarizes students with a broad range of nursing models and their roles. Strong attention is given to nursing classification systems that are used in advanced practice.

Features:

• Detailed overview of nursing theory development
• A focus on all major nurse theorists
• Provides students with an accessible reference by containing all major theorists within one book
• Section that highlights nursing languages and classification systems
• Illustrates how nursing models might guide newer elements within nursing

Joyce J. Fitzpatrick RN, PhD, FAAN
Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor and Dean
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Ann L. Whall RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor, School of Nursing
Associate Director
The Geriatrics Center
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan