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Demystifying Nursing Theory

Journal of Christian Nursing, 2017
ABSTRACT: How does nursing theory apply to nursing practice? Nursing theory can explain the why and how of nursing practice, guide nursing interventions, and provide a framework for measuring outcomes. This article briefly explains nursing theory, provides examples for applying theory to nursing practice, and proposes questions for examining ...
Marjorie A. Schaffer, Kristin E. Sandau, Bernita Missal   +2 more
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Nursing theories and emergency nursing.

Journal of emergency nursing, 1983
Abstract These and other nursing theories serve the purpose of helping nurses to put their professional practice into perspective. They are a framework for thinking about what we do and why.
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Integration of nursing theory and nursing ethics

Advances in Nursing Science, 1989
Nursing theory and nursing ethics are the two main areas of inquiry in nursing scholarship today. Each addresses common themes and each, in its own way, speaks not only about but for nursing. In spite of this commonality there is remarkably little dialogue between them. Both theory and ethics shall benefit from increased integration.
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Are nursing theories holistic?

Nursing Standard, 2000
Nursing theories, while claiming to present models of holistic nursing care, do not deal adequately with human spirituality. This article reviews several nursing theories to find out which of them incorporate holism, and, if they do, whether the theorist's definition of holism includes spirituality.
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Nursing Theory

Nursing Science Quarterly, 2013
It is curious that emerging professional nurses have a limited understanding of nursing theory, not surprising, since many nursing programs have eliminated nursing theory from their curriculum. While reviewing Silva’s article for this column, there are noteworthy elements to consider.
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Nursing Research: Theory and Practice; Unifying Nursing Practice and Theory

BMJ, 1995
Unifying Nursing Practice and Theory, Judith Lathlean, Barbara Vaughan, Butterworth-Heinemann, pounds sterling12.50, pp 197, ISBN 30 7506 1593 1 For some years now nurse researchers have expended much energy defending particular research methods. A quick glance through the leading nursing research journals will show numerous theoretical articles ...
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The theory-theory gap: the challenge for nurse teachers

Nursing Management, 1994
The paper begins with a review of the nature of theory‐based practice and how it is evidenced This is then used to demonstrate that theory is based upon practice and that there is not a gap between theory and practice but rather there is a theory‐theory gap which is evidenced by a lack of experiential knowledge The paper continues by exploring ways in ...
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From Nursing Models to Nursing Theory

1986
A number of models of nursing having been described and some suggestions having been made about how they may be put into practice with the nursing process, it would now seem appropriate to consider how nurses can choose between them. So far, in keeping with an intention to explore different models of care in a relatively open way, an attempt has been ...
Peter Aggleton, Helen Chalmers
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Theory and Practice of Nursing

The American Journal of Nursing, 1936
M. A. Gullan, Lulu K. Wolf
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The relationship between nursing theory and nursing practice

Journal of Advanced Nursing, 1985
During the past two decades, redefinition of many of the beliefs and assumptions which underly nursing appears to have contributed to an increasing divergence between nursing theory and nursing practice. Nurses who are theorists and educationalists, and nurses who are engaged in nursing practice tend to use different vocabularies, to have differing ...
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