Library Resources for DNP Students: A-Z theorist list

A

• Abdellah, Faye Glenn
  • Nursing problems theory
  • Example search strategy: "nursing problems theory" AND Abdellah
• Adam, Evelyn
  • Conceptual model of nursing
  • Example search strategy: "conceptual model of nursing" AND Adam
• Ajzen, Icek
  • Theory of planned behavior
    • Example search strategy: "theory of planned behavior" AND Ajzen AND nurs*
  • Theory of reasoned action
    • Example search strategy: "theory of reasoned action" AND (Fishbein OR Ajzen) AND nurs*

B

• Bandura, Albert
  • Social cognitive theory
  • Example search strategy: ("social cognitive theory" OR "self-efficacy theory") AND Bandura AND nurs*
• Barker, Phil
  • Tidal model of mental health recovery
  • Example search strategy: ("tidal model" OR "mental health recovery") AND Barker
• Barnard, Kathryn E.
  • Child interaction theory
  • Example search strategy: "child interaction theory" AND Barnard
• Beck, Cheryl Tatano
  • Postpartum depression theory
  • Example search strategy: "postpartum depression" AND Beck
• Becker, Marshall H.
  • Health belief model
  • Example search strategy: "health belief model" AND Becker AND nurs*
• Benner, Patricia
  • Caring, clinical wisdom and ethics in nursing practice
  • Novice to expert theory
  • Example search strategy: ("caring clinical wisdom ethics" OR "novice to expert theory") AND Benner
• Boykin, Anne
  • Theory of nursing as caring
  • Example search strategy: "nursing as caring" AND (Boykin OR Schoenhofer)
• Burke, Mary Lermann
  • Theory of chronic sorrow
  • Example search strategy: "chronic sorrow" AND (Eakes OR Burke OR Hainsworth)

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D

• DiClemente, Carlo C.
  • Trasnstheoretical model
  • Stages of change model
  • Example search strategy: ("transtheoretical model" OR "stages of change model") AND (Prochaska OR DiClemente OR Norcross) AND nurs*
• Dodd, Marylin J.
  • Theory of illness trajectory
  • Example search strategy: "illness trajectory" AND (Wiener OR Dodd)
• Donabedian, Avedis
  • Donabedian model
  • Example search strategy: "donabedian model" AND Donabedian AND nurs*

E

• Eakes, Georgene Gaskill
  • Theory of chronic sorrow
  • Example search strategy: "chronic sorrow" AND (Eakes OR Burke OR Hainsworth)
• Erickson, Helen C.
  • Modeling and role-modeling
  • Example search strategy: (modeling OR "role-modeling") AND (Erickson OR Tomlin OR Swain)
• Eriksson, Katie
  • Theory of caritative caring
  • Example search strategy: "theory of caritative caring" AND Eriksson

F

• Fishbein, Martin
  • Theory of reaseoned action
  • Example search strategy: "theory of reasoned action" AND (Fishbein OR Ajzen) AND nurs*

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H

• Hainsworth, Margaret A.
  • Theory of chronic sorrow
  • Example search strategy: "chronic sorrow" AND (Eakes OR Burke OR Hainsworth)
• Hall, Lydia
  • Care, cure, core nursing theory
  • Example search strategy: "care cure core nursing theory" AND Hall
• Henderson, Virginia
  • Nursing need theory
  • Example search strategy: "nursing need theory" AND Henderson
• Husted, Gladys L. & Husted, James H.
  • Symphonological bioethical theory
  • Example search strategy: "symphonological bioethical theory" AND Husted

I

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J

• Johnson, Dorothy E.
  • Behavioral system model
  • Example search strategy: "behavioral systems" AND Johnson

K

• King, Imogene
  • Theory of goal attainment
  • Example search strategy: "goal attainment" AND King
• Kolcaba, Katharine
  • Theory of comfort
  • Example search strategy: comfort AND Kolcaba

L

• Leininger, Madeleine M.
  • Theory of culture care diveristy and universality
  • Transcultural nursing care
  • Example search strategy: ("culture care diversity" OR universality OR "transcultural nursing care") AND Leininger
• Levine, Myra Estrin
  • The conservation model
  • Example search strategy: "conservation model" AND Levine
• Logan, Winifred W.
  • Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing
  • Example search strategy: "roper-logan-tierney model of nursing" AND (Roper OR Logan OR Tierney)

M

• Martinsen, Kari
  • Philosophy of caring
  • Example search strategy: "philosophy of caring" AND Martinsen
• Maslow, Abraham
  • Hierarchy of needs
  • Example search strategy: "hierarchy of needs" AND Maslow AND nurs*
• Meleis, Afaf Ibrahim
  • Transitions theory
  • Example search strategy: "transitions theory" AND Meleis
• Mercer, Romana T.
  • Maternal role attainment
  • Becoming a mother
  • Example search strategy: ("maternal role attainment" OR "becoming a mother") AND Mercer
• Mishel, Merle H.
  • Uncertainty in illness theory
  • Example search strategy: "uncertainty in illness" AND Mishel
• Moore, Shriley M.
  • Peaceful end-of-life theory
  • Example search strategy: "peaceful end-of-life" AND (Ruland OR Moore)

N

• Neuman, Betty
  • Systems model
  • Example search strategy: "systems model" AND Neuman
• Newman, Margaret A.
  • Health as expanding consciousness
  • Example search strategy: "health as expanding consciousness" AND Newman
• Nightingale, Florence
  • Modern nursing
  • Environmental theory
  • Example search strategy: ("modern nursing" OR "environmental theory") AND Nightingale
• Norcross, John C.
  • Trasnstheoretical model
  • Stages of change model
  • Example search strategy: ("transtheoretical model" OR "stages of change model") AND (Prochaska OR DiClemente OR Norcross) AND nurs*

O

• Orem, Dorothea E.
  • Self-care deficit theory of nursing
  • Example search strategy: "self-care deficit theory" AND Orem
• Orlando, Ida Jean
  • Deliberative nursing process theory
  • Example search strategy: "deliberative nursing process theory" AND (Orlando OR Pelletier)

P

• Pelletier, Ida Jean Orlando
  • Deliberative nursing process theory
  • Example search strategy: "deliberative nursing process theory" AND (Orlando OR Pelletier)
• Pender, Nola J.
  • Health promotion model
  • Example search strategy: "health promotion model" AND Pender
• Peplau, Hildegard E.
  • Interpersonal relations theory
  • Example search strategy: "interpersonal relations theory" AND Peplau
• Prochaska, James
  • Trasnstheoretical model
  • Stages of change model
  • Example search strategy: ("transtheoretical model" OR "stages of change model") AND (Prochaska OR DiClemente OR Norcross) AND nurs*

Q

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R

• Ray, Marilyn Dee
  • Theory of bureaucratic caring
  • Example search strategy: "theory of bureaucratic caring" AND Ray
• Reed, Pamela G.
  • Self-transcendence theory
  • Example of search strategy: "self-transcendence" AND Reed
• Rogers, Martha E.
  • Unitary human beings
  • Example search strategy: "unitary human beings" AND Rogers
• Roper, Nancy
  • Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing
  • Example search strategy: "roper-logan-tierney model of nursing" AND (Roper OR Logan OR Tierney)
• Roy, Sister Callista
  • Adaptation model
  • Example search strategy: "adaptation model" AND Roy
• Ruland, Cornela M.
  • Peaceful end-of-life theory
  • Example search strategy: "peaceful end-of-life" AND (Ruland OR Moore)

S

• Schoenhofer, Savina O.
  • Theory of nursing as caring
  • Example search strategy: "nursing as caring" AND (Boykin OR Schoenhofer)
• Swain, Mary Ann P.
  • Modeling and role-modeling
  • Example search strategy: (modeling OR "role-modeling") AND (Erickson OR Tomlin OR Swain)
• Swanson, Kristen M.
  • Theory of caring
  • Example search strategy: "theory of caring" AND Swanson

T

• Tierney, Alison J.
  • Roper-Logan-Tierney model of nursing
  • Example search strategy: "roper-logan-tierney model of nursing" AND (Roper OR Logan OR Tierney)
• Tomlin, Evelyn M.
  • Modeling and role-modeling
  • Example search strategy: (modeling OR "role-modeling") AND (Erickson OR Tomlin OR Swain)
• Travelbee, Joyce
  • Human-to-human relationship model
  • Interpersonal theory of nursing
  • Example search strategy: ("human to human relationship model" OR "interpersonal theory of nursing") AND Travelbee

U

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V

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W

• Wagner, Edward
  • Chronic care model
  • Example of search strategy: "chronic care model" AND Wagner AND nurs*
• Watson, Jean
  • Theory of transpersonal caring
  • Example search strategy: "theory of transpersonal caring" AND Watson
• Wiedenbach, Ernestine
  • The helping art of clinical nursing
  • Example search strategy: "helping art of clinical nursing" AND Wiedenbach
• Wiener, Carolyn L.
  • Theory of illness trajectory
  • Example search strategy: "illness trajectory" AND (Wiener OR Dodd)

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