Analyzing and Conceptualizing the Theoretical Foundations of Nursing by Morse, Janice M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Contributors Preface Acknowledgments Share: Analyzing and Conceptualizing the Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Section I: Desperately Seeking Theory

1. The Fringes of Knowledge

The Science of the Art Exploring the Fringes: The Clinical Utility of Concept Inquiry The Essentialness of Examining Our Practice Why Do We Have to Know? The Role of Values in Developing Knowledge The Rise of Nursing Research and the Use of Frameworks and Models

2. Where We Came From

Chasing Nursing Theory The Need for Nursing Theory The Need for Nurse Scientists The Need for Nursing Concepts Mid-Range and Situation-Specific Theories The Need for Nurse Educators The Performance and Products of Nurse Researchers Nursing Theory for Directing Nursing Actions for Patient Care The Gap Remains Did We Forget? Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going?

3. Seeing What We Know: Knowing What We See

Shakespeare in the Bush

4. Incorporating Theory Into Practice Research

Scenario Nursing Perspectives Dialogue Discussion

5. Orientation 101: Definitions and Other Essential Extraneous Notes

Paradigm

6. The Battlefield of Knowledge: Different Purposes, Different Approaches

Inductive Approaches to Concept Development Deductive Approaches to Concept Development Developing Quantitative Models and Theories Abduction The Complementary Relationship Between Qualitative and Quantitative Knowledge Last Thoughts

Section II: All About Concepts

The Conceptualization of Concepts 7. Concepts in Context

What Is Context? What Is a Concept? Behavioral Concepts The Structure of Concepts The “Anatomy” of Concepts Recontextualization The “Physiology” of Concepts Types of Concepts Approaches to Understanding Concepts The Contribution of Concepts Frameworks and Models Theory Last Words

8. Summary of Major Methods for Exploring Concepts

Philosophical Methods for Concept Analysis Meta-Analytic Methods Combined Methods: Methods Using the Literature and Qualitative Data Methods Using Qualitative Inquiry Summary

9. Inductive–Deductive Pitfalls in Concept Development

The Myth of Induction Exploring Qualitatively Derived Concepts: Inductive Techniques Summary

10. The Pink Elephant Paradox (or, Avoiding the Misattribution of Data)

The Importance of Nurse–Patient Communication The Concept of Vulnerability Exploring Vulnerability in Home Care Nurse–Patient Interactions Summary

11. Concept Evaluation: Determining Appropriate Strategies for Concept Development

Determining Level of Maturity The Process of Assessing Concepts The Level of Maturity

Section III: Emerging Concepts

12. Qualitative Strategies for Concept Development

Targeting Concepts Using Qualitative Inquiry Building Lay Concepts Epistemologically Qualitative Methods for Developing Concepts A Mapping Method to Locate a Concept Qualitative Strategies for Identifying Concepts Example of Interpretative Coding: Getting Behind the Data Analytic Strategies for Identifying Attributes Qualitative Research Strategies for Expanding Concepts Summary

13. Concept Identification Using Qualitative Inquiry

Developing a Concept From Data: The Example of Compathy Role of Compathy in Knowledge Development

14. Building Concepts

Concept-Supporting Data The Data–Concept Link Developing Concepts to Using Studies to Support an Emerging Concept Emerging Concepts The Case of “Preserving Self” Summary

15. Qualitative Structured Techniques

Targeted Strategies for Concept and Attribute Development Summary

16. The Prototypical Method

The Prototypical Method The Case of Hope Summary

Section IV: Partially Developed Concepts

17. Concept Clarification: The Use of Pragmatic Utility

Procedures: Doing Pragmatic Utility

18. Research Using Pragmatic Utility

Example I: Concept Clarification Inside a Concept: The Conceptualizations of Caring and Caring as a Concept Comparing the Conceptualizations and Theories of Care Discussion on Caring as a Concept Example II: Concept Clarification: Accounting for Strategies of Empathetic Comforting Summary: Back to Pragmatic Utility as a Method

19. Concept Comparison

The Patterns and Uses of Concept Comparison Allied Concepts Concept Comparison as a Method Patterns of Concept Comparison The Example: The Conceptual Cohesion of Social Support Evaluating Concepts for Appropriate Application The Example: Trust Recognizing When It Is Good: Criteria for Excellence in Concept Development Hints for Getting It Right “What About Reliability and Validity?” Criterion for Adequacy Summary

20. Self-Transcendence and Self-Reformulation: One Concept or Two?

Self-Transcendence Self-Reformulation Comparing the Concepts Method Results Discussion

Section V: Toward Mid-Range Theory

21. From Concept Development to Qualitatively Derived Theory: Ethical Sensitivity in Professional Practice

Overview Concept Analysis Using Pragmatic Utility Explicating Concept Anatomy Moving From Anatomy of the Concept to Its Physiology Evaluating Concept Maturity Advancing the Concept of Ethical Sensitivity Using Critical Appraisal Toward Clearer Understanding of the Concept Beyond Concept Analyses to Systematic Classification and Theory Construction Summary

22. Linking and Ordering Concepts

The Process of Qualitatively Developing Mid-Range Theories Linking Concepts Linking Concepts in the Process of Inquiry Context Dependency and Linking Concepts Determining Linkages Between Concepts Ordering Concepts Conceptual Development: The Maturity of the Theory Other Techniques for Developing Concepts to Theory Diagramming as a Tool Qualitative Generalizability The Last Thought

23. Making Useful Theory: Making Theory Useful

Making Useful Theory What Is Mid-Range Theory? The Role of Theory The Structure of Mid-Range Theories Types of Qualitatively Derived Theory The Process of Qualitatively Developing Mid-Range Theories Processes of Theory Construction The Structure of Mid-Range Theory Setting Up Your Study to Develop Qualitatively Derived Theory Developing Theory Using Conceptual Inquiry Examples of Qualitatively Derived Mid-Range Theories The Place of Concept Development: Understanding Its Contribution in Research Programs and Its Contribution to Knowledge and Praxis Indices of Theoretical Adequacy Toward Certainty Rigor The Place of Concept Development Summary

24. Modes of Releasing in the Praxis Theory of Suffering: The Responses of Women to the Results of Breast Biopsy

Literature Methods Results Discussion

Section VI: Mixed- and Multiple-Method Approaches

25. Expanding Theory Using Mixed Methods

Mixed-Method Approaches Example of Qualitatively Driven Mixed-Method Design: Patterns of Attending

26. Developing Theory Using Mixed Methods: Patterns of Attending in Nursing

The Study of Nurse–Patient Interactions A Model of Nurse–Patient Interactions Development of a Coding Scheme to Explore Patterns of NPI Discussion Summary

Section VII: The Quantitative Mindframe

27. Developing Quantitative Theory

The Role of Quantitative Theory Creating Theoretical Frameworks Evaluating the Literature Identifying the Concepts Operationalization Planning Your Research Design Building the Model The Theoretical Framework Examples of Models for Multivariate Research Frameworks Evaluating Quantitative Theory Summary

28. The Social Determinants of Health: An Expanded Conceptual Framework for Nursing

What Are the Social Determinants of Health? Evolution of Social Determinants of Health Beginning the Debate The Social Determinants Identified Models Used for Social Determinants of Health Framework Assumptions and Principles of the Committee on the Social Determinants of Health Model Evidence for Social Determinants of Health Framework Research and the Social Determinants of Health Strategies for Research and Policy Development on the SDH Social Determinants of Health in Nursing: Possibilities

Section VIII: Toward Certainty: Building a Mature Theoretical Base

29. Toward Certainty: Qualitative Meta-Synthesis

The Development of Meta-Synthesis

30. Meta-Synthesis of Nursing Presence

Meta-Synthesis of Nursing Presence Methodology Findings Discussion Summary

31. Perceived Competency and Resolution of Homelessness Among Women With Substance Abuse Problems

Methodology Findings Provision of Services in the Context of Distorted Perceptions of Competency Discussion Summary Funding

32. Developing Theory Using Meta-Analysis

Meta-Analysis Doing Meta-Analysis Developing the Illness-Constellation Model

33. Toward a Theory of Illness: The Illness-Constellation Model

Stage I: The Stage of Uncertainty Stage II: Stage of Disruption Stage III: Striving to Regain Self Stage IV: Regaining Wellness Discussion Other Examples of Qualitative Meta-Analysis

Section IX: Toward Theory-Based Interventions

34. Theoretical Coalescence

The Limited Scope of Mid-Range Theory

35. The Evolution of Our Understanding of Suffering: The Praxis Theory of Suffering

Background The Physiology of the Model

36. Toward Understanding Comfort and Comforting

Assumptions About Comfort and Comforting Doing Theoretical Coalescence Axioms Summary

37. The Praxis Theory of Comfort and Comforting

Contextual Factors Influencing Comfort and Comforting The Praxis Theory of Comfort and Comforting Nursing Approach Attaining Comfort The Comforting Interaction The Interactive Components The Complexity of Providing Comfort: The Comforting Relationship Summary

38. The Theory of Becoming Resolute: Guiding Mental Health Practice With Survivors of Maltreatment

Marginalization as the Paradigm Narrative and Theory Research Underpinnings of the Theory of Becoming Resolute Narrative Threads of Becoming Resolute Supportive Threads Central Dynamic Threads of Becoming Resolute Clinically Relevant Findings Discussion of the Study Findings Narrative Threads and Conventional Concepts Relationships Among Narrative Threads of Becoming Resolute Becoming Resolute: From Theory to Practice Clinical Principles Toward Becoming Resolute The Story From Here

Section X: Postface

39. The Myth of a Theory Base

Dissemination or Dissipation? The Problem of Dissemination Summary

Postface: The (R)Evolution of Nursing Index

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