THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF

NURSING
Andrew Isiah P. Bonifacio, RN
Source:

Nursing theorists
and their work /
[edited by] Martha
Raile Alligood. —
Eighth edition.
(2014)
Kozier & Erb’s
fundamentals of
nursing :
concepts,
practice, and
process / Audrey
Berman, Shirlee
Snyder,
and Geralyn
Frandsen.—Tenth
edition. (2015)
WHAT IS A THEORY?
THEORY
HOW ARE THEORIES DEVELOPED?
METAPARADIGM OF NURSING

PERSON ENVIRONMENT

HEALTH NURSING
HOW DO NURSES UTILIZE
THEORIES?
APPLICATION OF THEORY

Education

Practice

Research
SOME SIGNIFICANT NURSING
THEORISTS AND THEIR WORK/S
 FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
The
Environmental
Nursing
Theory
 HILDEGARD PEPLAU
Interpersonal
Relations
Model
 VIRGINIA HENDERSON
A Definition of
Nursing & the
14 Basic
Human Needs
 MARTHA ROGERS
Science of
Unitary Human
Beings
 DOROTHEA OREM
Self-Care
Theory
 IMOGENE KING
Goal
Attainment
Theory
 BETTY NEUMAN
Systems Model
of Nursing
 CALISTA ROY
Adaptation
Theory
 MADELEINE LEININGER
Transcultural
Model
 JEAN WATSON
Human Caring
Theory
 ROSEMARIE RIZZO PARSE
Human
Becoming
Theory
 NOLA PENDER
Health
Promotion
Model
WHAT ARE THE FOUR PATTERNS OF
KNOWING?
CARPER’S FOUR PATTERNS OF
KNOWING
WHAT ARE THE STAGES OF CLINICAL
COMPETENCE?
 PATRICIA BENNER

NOVICE
TO
EXPERT