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Strategies for Theory Construction in Nursing
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Table of Contents

  • PART 1: OVERVIEW OF THEORY AND THEORY DEVELOPMENT
  • 1. Theory in Nursing: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?
  • 2. Using Knowledge Development and Theory to Inform Practice
  • 3. Approaches to Theory Development
  • PART 2: DERIVATION STRATEGIES
  • 4. Concept Derivation
  • 5. Statement Derivation
  • 6. Theory Derivation
  • PART 3: SYNTHESIS STRATEGIES
  • 7. Concept Synthesis
  • 8. Statement Synthesis
  • 9. Theory Synthesis
  • PART 4: ANALYSIS STRATEGIES
  • 10. Concept Analysis
  • 11. Statement Analysis
  • 12. Theory Analysis
  • PART 5: PERSPECTIVES ON THEORY AND ITS CREDIBILITY
  • 13. Assessing the Credibility and Scope of Nursing Knowledge Development: Concepts, Statements, and Theories

About the Author

Lorraine O. Walker, RN, EdD, MPH, FAAN, has had a lifelong interest in nursing knowledge development and maternal and infant health. She received a BSN from the University of Dayton, as well as a master’s degree in nursing education with a specialization in maternity nursing, and a doctoral degree in philosophy of education from Indiana University-Bloomington. She also received an MPH degree in maternal-child health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and completed post-doctoral studies in educational psychology at The University of Texas at Austin. She currently holds the Luci B. Johnson Centennial Professorship in Nursing. Her teaching includes global health; quantitative design and analytic methods; and theoretical and philosophical aspects of nursing. Her research focuses on health promotion of childbearing-aged women and infants. Dr. Walker was honored in 2017 by induction into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.

Kay C. Avant, PhD, RN, FNI, FAAN
, retired as Professor Emeritus in 2016. She has also had a lifelong interest in nursing knowledge development and maternal-infant health. She received her diploma in nursing from Methodist Hospital, Dallas; her BSN from Texas Christian University; her MSN from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; and her PhD from Texas Woman’s University. She completed post-doctoral work in community and school health nursing at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. Her teaching included philosophy of science, theoretical development of nursing, and informatics. Her research interests are primarily in standardized language development, and global health of women and children.

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