Nursing theories

open access articles on Nursing theories and models
  1. Alderfer's Theory of Motivation
  2. Application of Nursing Theories
  3. Application Goal Attainment Theory
  4. Application Orem's Self-care Deficit Theory 
  5. Application of Suchman’s Stages of Illness Model
  6. Application of Betty Neuman's Systems Model in Nursing Care
  7. Application of Roy's Adaptation Model in Nursing Process
  8. Application of Peplau's Interpersonal theory in Nursing Process
  9. Application of Health Belief Model in Nursing Practice
  10. Attachment Theory : John Bowlby
  11. Atkinson-Shiffrin Model of Memory (Psychology)
  12. Attention Theories (Psychology)
  13. Attribution Theory
  14. Betty Neuman’s system model
  15. Behaviorist Theory
  16. Biopsychosocial Model
  17. Care, Cure and Core: The Three C’s of Lydia Hall
  18. Comfort Theory by Katharine Kolcaba
  19. Cybernetics
  20. Dreyfus model (Skill model)
  21. Decision Making Models
  22. Development of Nursing Theories
  23. Ernestine Wiedenbach's "The Helping Art of Clinical Nursing"
  24. Epistemology of Nursing 
  25. Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development
  26. From Novice to Expert: Patricia Benner
  27. Faye Glenn Abdellah's Theory
  28. Functional Health Patterns by Majory Gorden
  29. Halsted’s Model of Learning
  30. Health Promotion Model
  31. Health Belief Model
  32. Herzberg's Two-factor Theory
  33. Helping and Human Relationships Theory : Robert R. Carkhuff
  34. Human Becoming Theory : Rosemarie Rizzo Parse
  35. Human-To-Human Relationship Model by Joyce Travelbee
  36. Grounded Theory in Nursing Research
  37. Gate Control Theory of Pain
  38. Germ Theory of Disease
  39. Hans Selye's Stress Theory
  40. Harry Stalk Sullivan's Interpersonal Theory
  41. Introduction to Nursing Theories
  42. Jean Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory
  43. Jean Watson's theory
  44. Johnson’s behavior system model
  45. Kolb's Model of Learning by Doing
  46. Kurt Lewin's Change Theory
  47. Laws (Principles) of Learning 
  48. Learned Helplessness Model
  49. Levin's Four Conservation Principles
  50. Life Perspective Rhythm Model by Joyce Fitzpatrick
  51. Martha Roger’s Science of unitary human beings
  52. Maslow's Theory of Needs
  53. Modeling and Role Modeling Theory by Erickson, Tomlin & Swain
  54. McGill Model of Nursing by F. Moyra Allen
  55. Models of Prevention
  56. Models of Nursing Care Delivery
  57. Newman's Health As Expanding Consciousness
  58. Nursing Theorists
  59. Nursing Theories: An Overview
  60. Nursing Theories and Research
  61. Nursing Theory development
  62. Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory
  63. Orlando's Nursing Process
  64. Object Relations Theory
  65. Prochaska and DiClemente's Stages of Change Model
  66. Psychoanalytic Theory
  67. Roy's Adaptation Model
  68. Roper–Logan–Tierney Model of Nursing
  69. Symbolic Interactionism
  70. Snyder’s Hope Theory
  71. Systems Theory in Nursing
  72. Stress-Diathesis Model
  73. Stuart Stress Adaptation Model
  74. Self-efficacy Theory
  75. Statistical Theory 
  76. Swanson's (1991) middle range theory of caring
  77. Theories Based on Interactive Process
  78. Theories of Florence Nightingale
  79. Theories Applied in Psychiatric Nursing
  80. Theories used in Community Health Nursing
  81. Theories of Intelligence
  82. Theories of Learning
  83. Theories of Personality
  84. Theories of Suicide
  85. Theory of Mind
  86. Theory of Interpersonal Relations:: Peplau
  87. Theory of Goal Attainment: Imogene King
  88. Theory of Chronic Sorrow
  89. Theory of Cognitive Dissonance by Leon Festinger
  90. Theories of Consciousness
  91. Theory of Planned Behaviour
  92. Theories of Stigma and Mental Illness
  93. Theory of Moral Development
  94. Theories of Emotion
  95. Theory of Evolution
  96. Theories of Intelligence
  97. Tidal Model of Mental Health Nursing
  98. Trajectory Model by Corbin & Strauss
  99. Transcultural Nursing
  100. Understanding the works of Nursing Theorists
  101. Virginia Henderson’s Need Theory
  102. Vygotsky's general theory of cognitive development
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