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The discipline of nursing / Joyce J. Fitzpatrick -- Extant nursing models and theories : grand and middle range theories in nursing / Mary Quinn Griffin and Margaret Landers -- Symptom management theory / Margaret Landers -- Transitions theory / Alice Coffey -- Theory of planned behavior / Nicola Cornally -- Social support theory / Patricia Leahy-Warren -- Health action process approach theory / Elaine Lehane -- The judgment to delay model / Mairin O'Mahony -- Progressive lowering stress threshold model / Mark Tyrrell -- Cultural competence model / Karen Bauce -- Interpersonal relations theory / Jeffrey Jones -- Theory of work engagement / Margaret O'Connor Murphy -- Sexuality in women : theoretical perspectives / Vickie Cleary, Aileen Burton, and Josephine Hegarty -- Acculturation theory / Emerson Ea -- Story theory / Patricia Prufeta -- Self-transcendence theory / Jean Marie DiNapoli, Mary Joy Garcia-Dia, Leila Garcia-Ona, Deirdre O'Flaherty, and Jennifer Siller -- Caring theory / Catrina Heffernan -- Transformational leadership theory / Robin Krinsky and Josiane Hickson -- Empowerment theory / Jean Marie DiNapoli, Deirdre O'Flaherty, and Mary Joy Garcia-Dia -- Theory of meaning / Elizabeth Weathers and Margaret Murphy -- Theory underlying nursing intervention research / Bernadette Melnyk and Dianne Morrison-Beedy -- Summary and future directions / Geraldine McCarthy and Joyce J. Fitzpatrick. |