Use the tabs to find books and ebooks from the Alverno library collection. Search TOPCAT or Ebook Central for additional titles.
Books and ebooks are excellent at providing information on nursing theories and theorists. They typically provide background information and may include chapters devoted to specific theories. Books and e-books may also have extensive bibliographies with citations to a theorist's early works. Early works are helpful for understanding the origins of a theory.
When looking for books on a specific nursing theory or theorist, begin your search using the name of the theory or theorist.
Or, search more broadly to find books with chapters devoted to different nursing theories. Recommended search terms include: nurse theorists, nursing theory, middle range theory.
Leininger's Culture Care Diversity and Universality by 
Community As Partner: Theory and Practice in Nursing by 
Essentials of Health Behavior: Social and Behavioral Theory in Public Health by 
Unitary Caring Science by 
Illuminating Florence by 
Human Caring Science: A Theory of Nursing by 
Nursing Theorists and Their Work by 
Leininger's Transcultural Nursing: Concepts, Theories, Research, & Practice by 
Knowledge Development in Nursing by 
Florence Nightingale, Nursing, and Health Care Today by 
Nursing Knowledge and Theory Innovation by 
Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress by 
Handbook of Theories of Aging by 
Middle Range Theories: Application to Nursing Research and Practice by 
Nursing Theorists and Their Work by 
Middle Range Theory for Nursing by 
Theories Guiding Nursing Research and Practice: Making Nursing Knowledge Development Explicit by 
Philosophies and Theories for Advanced Nursing Practice by 
Understanding The Work Of Nurse Theorists: A Creative Beginning by 
Caring Science, Mindful Practice: Implementing Watson's Human Caring Theory by 
Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives for Advanced Nursing Practice by 
Contemporary Nursing Knowledge: Analysis and Evaluation of Nursing Models and Theories by 
Nursing Theories: A Framework for Professional Practice by 
Self-Care Theory, Nursing Science and Evidence-Based Nursing Practice by 
Nursing Theories: The Base for Professional Nursing Practice by 
Health Promotion in Nursing Practice by 
Integrated Theory and Knowledge Development in Nursing by 
The Neuman Systems Model by 
Nursing Theory: Utilization & Application by 
Nursing Theories and Nursing Practice by 
The Roy Adaptation Model by 
Nursing: The Philosophy and Science of Caring by 
Culture Care Diversity and Universality: A Worldwide Nursing Theory by 
Comfort Theory and Practice: A Vision for Holistic Health Care and Research by 
Nursing: Human Science and Human Care: A Theory of Nursing by 
Perspectives on Philosophy of Science in Nursing by 
The Language of Nursing Theory and Metatheory by 
Nursing: Concepts of Practice (5th edition) by 
From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice by 
Conceptual Models for Nursing Practice by 
Nursing: Concepts of Practice by CINAHL is a good database for finding scholarly articles written by a nursing theorist or articles about their theories. This databases is available in Databases by Subject for Healthcare.
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Looking for websites with information on nursing theories and theorist? This site provides some good background information.
Nursing Theories: A Companion to Nursing Theories and Models
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