Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: An introduction to nursing theory -- An overview of the nursing process -- Florence Nightingale -- Hildegard E. Peplau -- Virginia Henderson -- Lydia E. Hall -- Dorothea E. Orem -- Dorothy E. Johnson -- Faye Glenn Abdellah -- Ida Jean Orlando -- Ernestine Wiedenbach -- Myra Estrin Levine -- Imogene M. King -- Martha E. Rogers -- Calista Roy -- Betty Neuman -- Josephine E. Paterson and Loretta T. Zderad -- Jean Watson -- Rosemarie Rizzo Parse -- Helen C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin and Mary Ann P. Swain -- Madeleine M. Leininger -- Margaret Newman -- Anne Boykin and Savina Schoenhofer -- Nursing theories and the nursing process --

Designed as a tool to help nurses apply nursing concepts and theories to actual nursing practice, this book considers the ideas of well-known nursing theorists and relates the work of each to the nursing process of assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating. Key Topics: Chapters include interpretation and discussion of each component and applies these in nursing situations. Market: Advanced nursing students.