Library Resources for Nursing PhD Students: Nursing philosophies

NOTE: The searches on this page are a starting point. They are not exhaustive or comprehensive.

• Modern nursing / Environmental theory (Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910)
  • Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence video
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  • One Search: ("modern nursing" OR "environmental theory") AND Nightingale
• Watson's theory of transpersonal caring (Jean Watson, 1940-present)
  • Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence video
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  • One Search: "theory of transpersonal caring" AND Watson
• Theory of bureaucratic caring (Marilyn Dee Ray, 1938-present)
  • Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence video
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  • One Search: "theory of bureaucratic caring" AND Ray
• Caring, clinical wisdom, and ethics in nursing practice / Novice to expert theory (Patricia Benner, 1942-present)
  • Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence video
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  • One Search: ("caring clinical wisdom ethics" OR "novice to expert theory") AND Benner
• Philosophy of caring (Kari Martinsen, 1943-present)
  • One Search: "philosophy of caring" AND Martinsen
• Theory of caritative caring (Katie Eriksson, 1943-2019)
  • Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence video
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  • One Search: "theory of caritative caring" AND Eriksson

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