PartI Part I: Introduction to Nursing Theory Chapter1 What is Nursing Theory? Chapter2 Why are Theories Important in Nursing? Chapter3 The Development of Nursing Theory PartII Part II: Theories that Define Nursing or Discuss Nursing in a General Sense (Philosophies Chapter4 Evaluating a Theory Chapter5 Using the Art of Georges Seurat to Envision Chapter6 Florence Nightingale'e(tm)s Definition of Nursing Chapter7 Virginia Henderson'e(tm)s Definition of Nursing Chapter8 Ernestine Wiedenbach'e(tm)s Helping Art of Clinical Nursing Chapter9 Jean Watson'e(tm)s Theory of Human/Transpersonal Caring PartIII Part III: Theories About Broad Nursing Practice Areas: Grand Theories Chapter10 Envisioning Theories Through Mandala Art Chapter11 Myra Estrin Levine'e(tm)s Conservation Model Chapter12 Betty Neuman'e(tm)s Systems Model Chapter13 Sister Callista Roy'e(tm)s Adaptation Model Chapter14 Dorothea Orem'e(tm)s Self-Care Model Chapter15 Madeleine Leininger'e(tm)s Culture Care: Diversity and Universality Theory PartIV Part IV: Theories About Specific Nursing Actions, Processes, or Concepts: Middle-Range Theories Chapter16 Envisioning Theories Through Origami Art Chapter17 Ida Jean Orlando-Pelletier'e(tm)s Nursing Process Theory Chapter18 Katharine Kolcaba'e(tm)s Theory of Comfort Chapter19 Nola Pender'e(tm)s Health-Promotion Model Chapter20 Hildegard Peplau'e(tm)s Interpersonal Relations in Nursing Chapter21 Imogene King'e" Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment Chapter22 Patricia Benner'e"Model of Skill Acquisition in Nursing Chapter23 Afaf Ibrahim Meleis'e"Transitions Theory PartPart V Part V: Theories that Defy Classification Chapter24 Envisioning Theories That Defy Classification Through Space Photography Chapter25 Martha Rogers'e(tm)s Unitary Human Beings Chapter26 Margaret Newman'e(tm)s Health as Expanding Consciousness Chapter27 Rosemarie Rizzo Parse'e"Theory of Human Becoming PartPart VI Part VI: Conclusion Chapter28 Further Development of Nursing Theory Chapter29 Use of Information Technology by Nurse Theorists Chapter30 Twentieth Anniversary of Nursing Theory on the World Wide Web.