Theories guiding nursing research and practice: making nursing knowledge development explicit

The discipline of nursing / Joyce J. Fitzpatrick

Extant nursing models and theories : grand and middle range theories in nursing / Mary Quinn Griffin and Margaret Landers

Symptom management theory / Margaret Landers

Transitions theory / Alice Coffey

Theory of planned behavior / Nicola Cornally

Social support theory / Patricia Leahy-Warren

Health action process approach theory / Elaine Lehane

The judgment to delay model / Mairin O'Mahony

Progressive lowering stress threshold model / Mark Tyrrell

Cultural competence model / Karen Bauce

Interpersonal relations theory / Jeffrey Jones

Theory of work engagement / Margaret O'Connor Murphy

Sexuality in women : theoretical perspectives / Vickie Cleary, Aileen Burton, and Josephine Hegarty

Acculturation theory / Emerson Ea

Story theory / Patricia Prufeta

Self-transcendence theory / Jean Marie DiNapoli, Mary Joy Garcia-Dia, Leila Garcia-Ona, Deirdre O'Flaherty, and Jennifer Siller

Caring theory / Catrina Heffernan

Transformational leadership theory / Robin Krinsky and Josiane Hickson

Empowerment theory / Jean Marie DiNapoli, Deirdre O'Flaherty, and Mary Joy Garcia-Dia

Theory of meaning / Elizabeth Weathers and Margaret Murphy

Theory underlying nursing intervention research / Bernadette Melnyk and Dianne Morrison-Beedy

Summary and future directions / Geraldine McCarthy and Joyce J. Fitzpatrick.