This book is an anthology of classic and contemporary nursing articles that address various theoretical and philosophical perspectives on the nature of theory and knowledge development. It is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the important discussions taking place regarding the structures and processes of knowledge building in nursing.

UNIT ONE Structures of Nursing Knowledge

CHAPTER 1

Nursing Theory and Practice: Connecting the Dots

CHAPTER 2

Philosophy, Science,Theory: Interrelationships and Implications for Nursing Research

CHAPTER 3

Nursing Questions That Science Cannot Answer

CHAPTER 4

The Relationship Between Theory and Research: A Double Helix

CHAPTER 5

Theoretical Thinking in Nursing: Problems and Prospects

CHAPTER 6

Levels of Theoretical Thinking in Nursing

UNIT TWO Historical Contexts of Nursing Knowledge Development

CHAPTER 7

A Non-Theorist's Perspective on Nursing Theory: Issues of the 1990's

CHAPTER 8

The Rhetoric of Rupture: Nursing as a Practice With a History?

CHAPTER 9

Nursing: Whose Discipline Is It Anyway?

CHAPTER 10

An Analysis of Changing Trends in Philosophies of Science on Nursing Theory Development and Testing

CHAPTER 11

Nursing Reformation: Historical Reflections and Philosophic Foundations

UNIT THREE Theoretical Thinking in Practice

CHAPTER 12

Toward Compassionate Action: Pragmatism and the Inseparability of Theory/Practice

CHAPTER 13

The Practitioner as Theorist

CHAPTER 14

Theorizing the Knowledge That Nurses Use in the Conduct of Their Work

CHAPTER 15

Practical Inquiry/Theory in Nursing

CHAPTER 16

Intelligent Nursing: Accounting for Knowledge as Action in Practice

CHAPTER 17

Nursing Theory as a Guide to Practice

CHAPTER 18

The Role of Theory in Improving Patient Safety and Quality Health Care

CHAPTER 19

Transforming Practice Knowledge Into Nursing Knowledge-A Revisionist

Analysis of Peplau

UNIT FOUR Nursing Philosophies and Paradigms

CHAPTER 20

Nursing Science and the Space Age

CHAPTER 21

A Philosophic Analysis of Evidence-Based Nursing: Recurrent Themes, Metanarratives, and Exemplar Cases

CHAPTER 22

Commentary on Neomodernism and Evidence-Based Nursing: Implications for the Production of Nursing Knowledge

CHAPTER 23

From a Plethora of Paradigms to Parsimony in Worldviews

UNIT FIVE Philosophies of Science and Knowledge Development

CHAPTER 27

Understanding Paradigms Used for Nursing Research

UNIT SIX Epistemologies, Evidence,and Practice

CHAPTER 35

Evidence for Practice, Epistemology, and Critical Reflection

UNIT SEVEN Tools for Theory Development

CHAPTER 42

Scientific Inquiry in Nursing: A Model for a New Age

UNIT EIGHT Characteristics and Criteria of Nursing Theories

CHAPTER 49

Theories: Components, Development, Evaluation

UNIT NINE Ethics Inquiry

CHAPTER 55

Integration of Nursing Theory and Nursing Ethics

UNIT TEN Philosophic Views on Nursing and Its Practice

CHAPTER 60

The Focus of the Discipline of Nursing

UNIT ELEVEN Future Directions for Nursing Theory

CHAPTER 67

A Treatise on Nursing Knowledge Development for the 21st Century: Beyond Postmodernism

CHAPTER 68

The Unrecognized Paradigm Shift in Nursing: Implications, Problems, and Possibilities

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