Research Guides: Library Resources for Nursing PhD Students: Theories &amp; grand theories

Grand theories

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

The theory of nursing as caring: A model for transforming practice (Anne Boykin 1944-present; & Savina O. Schoenhofer, 1940-present)
- Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence video
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- One Search: "nursing as caring" AND (Boyin OR Schoenhofer)
Transitions theory (Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, 1942-present)
- Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence video
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- One Search: "transitions theory" AND Meleis
Health promotion model (Nola J. Pender, 1941-present)
- Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence video
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- One Search: "health promotion model" AND Pender
Theory of culture care diversity and universality / Transcultural Nursing Care (Madeleine M. Leininger, 1927-2012)
- Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence video
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- One Search: ("culture care diversity" OR universality OR "transcultural nursing care") AND Leininger
Health as expanding consciousness (Margaret A. Newman, 1933-2018)
- Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence video
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- One Search: "health as expanding consciousness" AND Newman
Humanbecoming / Human Becoming (Rosemarie Rizzo Parse, 1938-present)
- Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence video
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- One Search: ("humanbecoming OR "human becoming") AND Parse
Modeling and role-modeling (Helen C. Erickson, 1937-present; Evelyn M. Tomlin, 1929-present; Mary Ann P. Swain, 1941-present)
- Nurse Theorists: Portraits of Excellence video
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- One Search: (modeling OR "role-modeling") AND (Erickson OR Tomlin OR Swain)
Symphonological bioethical theory (Gladys L. Husted, 1941-2016; James H. Husted, 1931-2018)
- One Search: "symphonological bioethical theory" AND Husted