Nursing Theory: Utilization & Application

Nursing Theory: Utilization & Application illustrates the role of theory for patient-focused nursing. It serves as a companion text for Nursing Theorists and Their Work, by Martha Raile Alligood, which provides a more comprehensive overview of the history and development of nursing’s theoretical works. As a companion text, Nursing Theory: Utilization & Application, leads the reader beyond an introduction to the nurse theorists and their works to an understanding of praxis, as the purpose of theory in professional nursing practice is illustrated with patient-focused care of patients. Therefore, this text exposes the structure and purpose of theory with explanations and case applications from actual nursing practice, written by authors with expertise in the use a particular theory in their professional practice.