Key Issues in Nursing Theory: Developments, Challenges, and Future Directions

Nursing Research
Callista Roy

Abstract

Today, we face a situation some call the "profession at the crossroads." The problem is the development of the profession being threatened by an imbalance among philosophical, conceptual/theoretical, and empirical inquiry. The aims of this project are to (a) examine the development and contributions of theory, (b) outline the challenges we face in knowledge development, and (c) provide a structure for disciplinary knowledge that provides a unifying focus and renovates theories' place in nursing science that can direct the future of developing knowledge for practice. A personal narrative along with literature reviews. Narrative strategies included my own publications on theory, some relevant unpublished speeches, memories of meetings checked with concurrent attendees, and similar or dissimilar points of view in nursing theory textbooks. Contributions of theoretical work in the 20th century included maturing of the discipline, clarifying the theoretical focus of nursing as holistic persons with processes and patterns for environmental integration to attain health, a plurality of grand theories for articulating and testing of theories in practice and research, identification of the mutual impact of theory and education and major c...Continue Reading

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Citations

Oct 3, 2018·Japan Journal of Nursing Science : JJNS·Miho Suzuki
Nov 20, 2018·Journal of Nursing Scholarship : an Official Publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing·Elizabeth J CorwinAnne L Dunlop
Dec 12, 2018·ANS. Advances in Nursing Science·Callista Roy
Sep 24, 2020·Revista brasileira de enfermagem·Thaís Cristina Flexa SouzaJacira Nunes Carvalho
Feb 24, 2019·Research and Theory for Nursing Practice·Debra R Hanna
Aug 6, 2020·Nursing Philosophy : an International Journal for Healthcare Professionals·Ahtisham Younas
Feb 6, 2019·ANS. Advances in Nursing Science·Deborah F Lindell
May 28, 2019·Research and Theory for Nursing Practice
Aug 21, 2020·Research and Theory for Nursing Practice·Hatice YanginŞule Çiftcioğlu
Nov 3, 2021·The Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing

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