Models, Theories and Concepts – Advanced Nursing Series

Introduction; Problems with paradigms in a caring profession; Concepts, analysis and the development of nursing knowledge – the evolutionary cycle; Restructuring – an emerging theory on the process of losing weight; Benevolence, a central moral concept derived from a grounded theory study of nursing decision making in psychiatric settings; Mid–range theory building and the nursing theory–practice gap – a respite care case study; Toward a theory of touch – the touching process and acquiring a touching style; Can combined oral contraceptives be made more effective by means of a nursing care model?; Advice concerning breastfeeding from mothers of infants admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit – the Roy adaptation model as a conceptual structure; Mitral valve prolapse and its effects – a programme of inquiry within Orem′s Self–Care Deficit Theory of Nursing; The Betty Neuman Systems Model applied to practice – a client with multiple sclerosis; The ageing family in crisis – assessment and decision–making models; The evaluation of the Johnson Behavioural System Model of Nursing; Index