What is nursing theory -- Structure underlying theory -- The normative theory of nursing -- Basic assumptions underlying current nursing practice -- Touch or technology: the tension in today's nursing theory -- Nursing: the care ideologies -- Nursing: an alternate cure ideology -- Holistic nursing theories -- Spirituality and ethics in nursing theory -- Principle, interpretation, and method -- The nursing process and problem solving -- Systems models in nursing theory -- Criteria for evaluating theories -- Focus on environment -- Common themes in nursing theory -- Theories focusing on the nurse-patient relationship -- Resource-driven nursing: a model for practice and management -- Nursing theory and restructured practice -- Nursing theory and nursing education -- Theory, research, and knowledge.
Includes bibliographical references and index.