Clayton State University

Department of Nursing

Nursing Theory Link Page

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 Welcome to the Nursing Theory Link Page. 

Below you will find some of the most used links to information about nursing theorist on the web.  I hope you will find the information helpful.  As with any material on the web, you must evaluate the validity and reliability of the information.  If you need a check list to help in your evaluation, click here and GOOD LUCK with your searches. - If you would like to contribute working links for this page, find any broken links or would like to make suggestions for improving the site, please send E-mail to Dr. Lisa Wright Eichelberger.


 Nursing Theory Art Gallery - Gallery where students post their artistic interpretation of various nursing theories.  Email Dr. Eichelberger to post yours! 


Rear Admiral Faye Glenn Abdellah

Description of Dr. Abdellah's 21 nursing problems

Listing of documents related to Dr. Abdellah's work

General biographical information


Boykin and Schoenhofer's Theory Nursing As Caring

International Association for Human Caring website

*Note:  Dr. Schoenhofer has retired and no longer maintains the www.nursingascaring.com website/discussion group.


Corbin and Strauss Chronic Illness Framework

Information on Stroke using Corbin and Strauss Framework article in PDF format

Medline Reference to article by Corbin

Information on Nursing Model Website


Dr. Joanne Duffy's Quality-Caring Model

Quality Caring Assessment Tool


Joyce J. Fitzpatrick's Life Perspective Rhythm Model

Link to Biographical Sketch about Fitzpatrick

 Website giving overview of Model  

Nurses.Info website

Link to NLN journal where Dr. Fitzpatrick is Editor


Lydia E. Hall's Core, Care and Cure Circles

American Nurses' Association Hall of Fame Site


Virginia Henderson Tribute

Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library

Tribute originally published on the Sigma Theta Tau Web Site

Pointillism depicting Virginia Henderson's Work

Tribute to Henderson from the Interagency Council on Information Resources for Nursing (ICIRN) 

Henderson's Vision of Nursing

Henderson's Writing 


Hodges' Health Career Model (HCM)

Work of Brian Hodges of Sheffield England


Dorothy Johnson's Behavioral Systems Model

Essay on Johnson's Model 

Listing of articles written by or about Johnson's Model 


Imogene King's Open Systems Model

Web Site for Dr. King currently not functioning  if anyone is interested in developing one, contact me and I will help you with web hosting and design.  Lisa Eich

Link from NurseScribe

 Advancing King's Systems Framework and Theory of Nursing
by Maureen A. Frey (Editor), Christina Sieloff (Editor)

   Application in Emergency and Rural Nursing  by Williams

Imogene King : A Conceptual Framework for Nursing (Notes on Nursing Theories)
by Christina Sieloff
 


Kathy Kolcaba's Theory of Comfort

Comfort Line

Artistic Interpretation of Kolcaba's Work

Website for information about Dr. Kolcaba's book on Comfort


Leininger's Transcultural Nursing

 Dr. Leininger's website 

The Transcultural Nursing Society and Transcultural Nursing Society Website

Basic Concepts of Transcultural Nursing 

Site to downloads of Dr. Leininger's papers 

To order CD's and DVD's about Dr. Leininger


Levine's Conservation Model

 Levine article - Humanities in Nursing published in Discourse in Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 1995, Vol. 27, No. 2, 19-23.

 Listing of articles by and about Levine’s theory  


McGill Model of Nursing

Information from the McGill School of Nursing 


Kari Martinsen: Contact information in Norway

Email address Kari.Martinsen@isf.uib.no


Afaf Meleis-Transitions Model

Home page

 Meleis' Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress 3rd Edition 1997
This definitive text demonstrates the connection between theoretical nursing and nursing practice, and shows how research is related to both.

From Nightingale to the present, the author traces the work of major theorists.

International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing

email Dr. Meleis


Ramona Mercer's Role Attainment  

  Continuing Education: Chronically ill children: how families adjust

Information about Mercer and her Model

Biography Information 

Listing of articles by or about Ramona Mercer and her theory

Article about Rubin and Mercer's work on Role Attainment 


Merle Mishel - Uncertainty in Illness Model 

Biography Page

Managing Uncertainty in Cancer Webpage

Links Page

Bibliography of article and books detailing use of Uncertainty in Illness Model


Modeling and Role-Modeling theory - MRM by Erickson, Tomlin & Swain, 1983  

Modeling and Role-Modeling: A View from the Client’s World, (Ed. H. Erickson, 2006) New book expands the underlying concepts of the theory and paradigm in Erickson, Tomlin & Swain, 1983 book. It is designed to complement the original book, not to replace it.  Click here for purchasing information http://unicornsunlimited.com/modeling_and_rolemodeling.htm  

Explanation of the inspiration for the MRM theory by Dr. Helen Erickson 

Answers to questions from students by Dr. Erickson


Betty Neuman Systems Model

Overview of Neuman Model

Main Site for Neuman Systems Model at Neumann College

Link to Neuman, B. & Fawcett, J. (Eds.) (2002). The Neuman Systems Model (4th Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ. Prentice Hall.


Margaret Newman: Health as Expanding Consciousness

 Artistic Interpretation of Newman's Work

Talk with Dr. Newman ON-Line  She conducts on-line chats periodically so check out times and ask her a question.  Fantastic opportunity!

Online Power Point Presentation by Dr. Newman of her theory!!!! PDF file

Site for the Online Exhibit of Dr. Margaret A. Newman's work University of Tennessee Health Science Library


Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale Museum, London England

Dr. Eichelberger's Clayton State University International Health Care Students at the Nightingale Museum May 2006

Miss Nightingales' Uniform hanging in the Nightingale Museum

Exhibit about Nurse Heroine Mary Secole is located in Nightingale Museum

 Mrs. Seacole loved hats -Dress up center in the Nightingale Museum

Link to website of her gravesite. 

Biographical Information- Interesting ante dotal notes about her family

Search the Nightingale Letters  39 letters from the University of Kansas Nurses Alumni Association 

University of Gelph's site of Miss Nightingale's transcribed works

Country Joe McDonald's Tribute to Florence Nightingale 

Florence Nightingale, Avenging Angel book

Modern History Sourcebook: Florence Nightingale: Rural Hygiene

Miss Nightingale's use of statistics in the Crimean War 

Miss Nightingale's Mathematical education

Artistic Interpretation of Nightingale Work


Ida Jean Orlando 

Orlando Web site University of Rhode Island

On line Audio/Video of Orlando describing her life and development of her theory


Dorothea E. Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory (SCDNT)

Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory Home Page

Applying Orem to the Ambulatory Nursing Practice Setting.

Analysis of SCDNT literature- Undergraduate Students - University of Texas Health Science Center


Rosemarie Rizzo Parse

Parse's Theory of Human Becoming

Online source for Nursing Science Quarterly journal Dr. Parse edits

Link to source for purchasing Dr. Parse's book "The Human Becoming School of Thought"

Listserv to join discussion group


Paterson and Zderad's Humanistic Nursing Theory

Paterson and Zderad's Humanistic Nursing Theory Website authored by Karen Decker-Brown RN

Humanistic Nursing Theory This site will link you to Dr. Susan Kleiman, Professor, Lehman College,  who can offer insight into the Humanistic Theory.  Dr. Kleiman has many of Paterson's and Zderad's unpublished papers and personal interviews in her possession.


       Pender's Health Promotion Model

Nola Pender's Home Page

Frequently asked questions about Health Promotion Model,   Health Promotion Model - Chart

Health Promotion Assumptions by Dr. Pender


Peplau's Interpersonal Relations Model


Q.U.E.S.T. Model for Reflective Practice

Model deals with nurse as wounded healer and self transcendence by Dr. Marion Conti-O'Hare   For more information about the model, you can reach Dr. Conti-O'Hare's site here.

*Conti-O’Hare, M. (2002). The nurse as wounded healer: From trauma to transcendence. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.


Joan Riehl-Sisca

Synopsis of Riehl-Sisca's work


Martha Rogers: The Science of Unitary Human Beings

Martha E. Rogers Homepage

Martha Roger’s Science of Unitary Human Beings homepage

 ANA Hall of Fame link

  Washburn University ’s Martha Rogers’ page

 Listing of articles by or about Martha Rogers

Artistic Interpretation of Roger's Theory

 Link to the Martha Rogers’ Collection at Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History, Foundation of the New York State Nurses Association  

 Link to photographs and information of Martha Roger's gravesite


Roper, Logan and Tierney's Theory of Nursing

New Book on Application of RLT Theory in Practice

Bibliography, citations and case studies retrieved from J. Norris' website, 2003


Sister Callista Roy's Adaptation Model

 Roy's Adaptation Theory Web Site 

Dr. Roy's web page, email site at Boston College- provides brief bibliography, research, links and overview of theory

Roy ’s Model Applied  

Artistic Interpretation of Roy's theory

Listing of articles by and about Roy ’s Model

 Link to a general Sr. Roy website

Web published original articles about Roy ’s Model


Ruland and Moore's End of Life Theory 

email address for Rutland 

CE Article 

Ruland CM, Moore SM. Theory construction based on standards of care: a proposed theory of the peaceful end of life. Nurs Outlook. 1998;46:169-175.


Synergy Model

American Association of Critical Care Nurses Synergy Model of Patient Care

Synergy: Framework for Professional Development and Transformation

The AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care Reference List

Excellence in Nursing Knowledge Online Journal

  Synergy for Clinical Excellence: The AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care
Sonya Hardin, RN, PhD, CCRN, UNC Charlotte, & Roberta Kaplow, RN, PhD, CCRN, CCNS, AOCNS, DeKalb Medical Center


Van Sell and Kalofissudis's Complexity Nursing Theory

Work by Ioannis Kalofissudis RN of Athens, Greece and Dr. Sharon Van Sell of USA

Link to ON line Web Journal   ICUs and Nursing Web Journal


Watson's Theory of Caring

Colorado Center for Human Caring and Watson's Caring Theory page.

Assessing and Measuring Caring in Nursing and Health Science by Jean Watson 2001 AJN Book of the Year

email address


Ernestine Wiedenbach  

A Tribute to the Legacy of Ernestine Wiedenbach

Theory Overview on Wiedenbach Page

Pointillism depicting Wiedenbach's Helping Art

Link to a list of Wiedenbach's Books


I am continually updating and adding works to this collection.   If you find other sites for any nursing theorists, please email me so that I might enlarge the link base and HELP others with their search.  If you have work that you would like posted on the site, contact me about submission. Thank You!


Other Nursing Theory Resources

The Theory Web Page - International group interested in web sites for nursing theory

  International Network for Doctoral Education in Nursing

Spanish Nursing Theory Website


Nursing Theory Books

Listing of published works by nursing theorists maintained by the Transcultural Nursing Society    A-K   L-Z


Electronic Nursing Resources

The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences Electronic Homepage has: Full text Journals, Subject-specific Web resources, Governmental and statistical resources, Medical databases, and more.

On Line Journals

Evidence Based Nursing Practice Journal

Online Journal of Nursing  free of charge

ONLINE Nursing Editors' Web page  Link to 200 nursing journal editors and publishing companies for potential authors


History of the Nursing Theory Page

This page was originally designed in Fall of 1996  by two undergraduate students at Clayton State University in Morrow, GA. as part of their Nursing Theory coursework.  CSU was one of the first public universities to require laptop computers for all its undergraduate students and this project was a result of some of the technology skills developed during that process.  I have revised, redone, edited and expanded the page since 1996.  Lisa Eichelberger    

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