Martha Raile Alligood is professor emeritus at East Carolina University College of Nursing in Greenville, NC, where she was the Director of the Nursing PhD program. She is known nationally and internationally for her expertise in nursing theory and she is also the author of another Elsevier title, Nursing Theory: Utilization and Application, 5th edition which is a companion to this title. This title will not be revised due to low sales. Dean Sonya R. Hardin works in the School of Nursing at the University of Louisville, USA.

Review of the previous edition: “…examines 31 theories focusing on multiple concepts vital to nursing theory…. [C]ohesively compares and contrasts nursing theorists’ work by ensuring that concepts are laid out in a systematic approach…. The editor is the director of a nursing PhD program, is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, and is known nationally and internationally for her expertise in nursing theory. This book focuses on nursing philosophies, models, middle-range theories, and perspectives on the status of the art and science of nursing theory. The chapters have major concepts and definitions sections that assist in the focus of terms,…summaries, case studies, and critical thinking activities [are] available to the learners and educators to further engage with the material,…[and] figures and tables are incorporated seamlessly and assist in the acquisition of knowledge…. [A]ny level of learner will find this book useful.” - ©Doody’s Review Service, 2023, Autumn Leigh Cole, DNP (Winona State University)

• UNIT I Evolution of Nursing Theories1. Introduction to Nursing Theory: Its History and SignificanceUNIT II Nursing Philosophies2. Nursing Theorists of Historical Significance3. History of Nursing Science4. Theory Development Process5. The Structure and Analysis of Specialized Nursing KnowledgeUNIT III Nursing Conceptual Models6. Florence Nightingale: Modern Nursing7. Jean Watson: Watson’s Philosophy and Theory of Transpersonal Caring8. Marilyn Anne Ray: Theory of Bureaucratic Caring9. Patricia Benner: Caring, Clinical Wisdom, and Ethics in Nursing Practice10. Kari Martinsen: Philosophy of Caring11. Katie Eriksson: Theory of Caritative CaringUNIT IV Theories and Grand Theories12. Myra Estrin Levine: The Conservation Model13. Martha E. Rogers: Unitary Human Beings14. Dorothea E. Orem: Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing15. Imogene M. King: Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment16. Betty Neuman: Systems Model17. Sister Callista Roy: Adaptation Model18. Dorothy Johnson: Behavioral System ModelUNIT V Middle-Range Theories19. Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer: The Theory of Nursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Practice20. Afaf Ibrahim Meleis: Transitions Theory21. Nola J. Pender: Health Promotion Model22. Madeleine M. Leininger: Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality23. Margaret A. Newman: Health as Expanding Consciousness24. Rosemarie Rizzo Parse: Humanbecoming25. C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, Mary Ann P. Swain: Modeling and Role-Modeling26. Gladys L. Husted and James H. Husted: Symphonological Bioethical TheoryUNIT VI The Future of Nursing Theory37. State of the Art and Science of Nursing Theory