Theories about how to provide effective nursing care provide the framework for nurse training and guide the development of nursing practices. Theories that cannot be translated into practical use are ...

A half century ago, a nursing graduate student developed an idea that the goal of nursing practice was to promote patient adaptation. She theorized that a patient is a being of interrelated components ...

This article, the third in a six-part bite-size series on nursing theories and their implications for practice, explores the origins and value of nursing models. Subscribe today for unlimited access ...

This article, the fourth in a six-part bite-size series looking at nursing theories and their implications for practice, explains adherence, compliance and concordance. Subscribe today for unlimited ...

The philosophical underpinnings of nursing science encompass questions of what constitutes reality in health and care (ontology), how knowledge is generated and validated (epistemology) and the values ...