SITUATION SPECIFIC THEORIES: DEVELOPMENT, UTILIZATION, AND EVALUATION IN NURSING

•Historical Background for Theories:Revisiting the Past to Create the Future
•Situation-Specific Theories: Philosophical Roots, Properties, and Approach
•Equity and Social Justice in Developing Theories
•Middle Range Theories and Situation Specific Theories: Similarities and Differences
•Development of Situation-specific Theories
•Situation Specific Theories from the Middle Range Transitions Theory
•Maintaining hope in transition: critical to the work of all nurses
•A Situation-Specific Theory of Korean Immigrant Women's Menopausal Transition
•A Situation-Specific Theory of Migration Transition for Migrant Farmworker Women
•Crisis Emergencies for Individuals with Severe Persistent Mental Illnesses: A situation-specific theory
•A Situation Specific Theory of Heart Failure Self-Care
•Child Self-Care Nursing Theory in Japan
•Moving Beyond Dwelling in Suffering: A Situation-Specific Theory of Men’s Healing from Childhood Maltreatment
•The Situation-Specific Theory of Caregiver Contributions to Heart Failur Self-Care
•A situation-specific theory about professional role identify formation as related to role clarity and nurse work
•A Situation Specific Theory of Dining Supports for Life Enhancement at Welfare Facilities for Seniors in Japan
•A Revised Situation-Specific Theory of Breast/Chest Feeding
•A situation-specific theory about HIV-related fatigue
•Development of a Situation-Specific Theory of Cervical Cancer Prevention Behaviors of Malawian Women
•A situation-specific theory: Health-related quality of life in South Korean older adults with type 2 diabetes (HIKOD)
•The Status Quo of Situation Specific Theories
•The current status of theory evaluation in nursing
•For Future Development of Situation Specific Theories
•Nursing Theory of the Future: Situation-Specific Theories.

u003cpu003eThis book fills the gap in the literature on nursing theories by presenting the background information on situation specific theories such as philosophical bases and current status of situation specific theories and providing a collection of situation specific theories that have been developed. It provides specific guidelines for nursing research and practice, essentials for PhD and DNP students to complete the requirements for their degrees (e.g., dissertation, QI project). In addition, this book can be used in theory courses in other graduate nursing programs that require theoretical bases for their comprehensive exam or scholarly project (e.g., MSN, NP).u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eThroughout nursing history, nursing theories have evolved within the contexts of changing and emerging theoretical needs of nursing discipline. Subsequently, several different types of nursing theories have been proposed, developed, and used in nursing education, research, and practice. Situation specific theories could be easily adopted and used in nursing practice and research due to their foci on specific populations or particular fields. Since situation specific theories were firstly proposed in 1990s, they became a major part of nursing theories in the past two decades, making this book appeals to all levels of nursing students.u003c/pu003e