Analyzing and Conceptualizing the Theoretical Foundations of Nursing

Informationen zum Autor Janice M. Morse lives in Port Arthur, Texas. She was born an only child in Beaumont, Texas, to Scots-Irish parents who married late in life. She grew up in the '50s and '60s loving classical to rock and roll music, and reading. She wanted to learn music and play the piano, but never got a piano. Writing was also a dream, but it did not happen as a child. Only as an adult did she learn advanced music by playing hand bells, and she wrote for her church newsletter. "My Irish great-grandfather was a poet and my Scottish father wrote for his fraternal organization. I started writing poetry when my daughter was dating a young man who was obviously looking for answers for his own life. It just poured out on a piece of paper as if someone invisible was moving my hand. From then on, I realized I had the gift of poetry. All I had to do was listen for the inspiration."

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Delivers all information required for the Theoretical Foundations of Nursing course

By embracing the major conceptual and theoretical contributions to nursing research that are outside of traditional nursing theory, this book serves as a vital resource for nurse researchers, and one that is indispensable for doctoral nursing students embarking on their dissertations. Containing the full complement of information required for the Theoretical Foundations of Nursing course for PhD programs, the text supports the foundational skills needed for excellence in research and scholarship. The book examines in depth the components of nursing theory and the types of theory used in nursing research and practice, and teaches students about the nature and use of concepts and the development of critical thinking skills that are essential for nursing research.

This text contains information for developing concepts and middle-range theory, using a variety of qualitative research methods, broadening theoretical scope by linking middle-range theories, and moving knowledge toward certainty by use of evidence. It also illustrates the construction of frameworks for quantitative inquiry, exploring theory in mixed-method design and how theory develops knowledge. Each method includes a description of the methodological approach and examples of subsequent concept or theory development. The text includes several methods for the development of concepts, micro- and mid-range theories using qualitative research, and a discussion of the new trend of moving these qualitative theories toward practice-based evidence. Each section of the book contains practical examples and supplementary activities that encourage inquiry. An instructor’s manual is included for adopters of the text.

Key Features:

• Teaches the significance of and foundations of perspective, concepts, qualitatively derived theory, quantitative frameworks, quantitative theoretical development, knowledge development from research, application, and evidence
• Focuses on current nursing research and how it is used in practice today
• Demonstrates the significant relationship between theory, research, knowledge development, evidence, and practice
• Promotes excellence in scholarship and research
• Includes an extensive instructor’s manual

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CONTENTS

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

SECTION I: DESPERATELY SEEKING THEORY

1. The Fringes of Knowledge

Janice M. Morse

The Science of the Art

Exploring the Fringes: The Clinical Utility of Concept Inquiry

The Essentialness of Examining Our Practice

Why Do We Have to Know?

The Role of Values in Developing Knowledge

The Rise of Nursing Research and the Use of Frameworks and Models

2. Where We Came From

Janice M. Morse

Chasing Nursing Theory

The Need for Nursing Theory

The Need for Nurse Scientists

The Need for Nursing Concepts

Mid-Range and Situation-Specific Theories

The Need for Nurse Educators

The Performance and Products of Nurse Researchers

Nursing Theory for Directing Nursing Actions for Patient Care

The Gap Remains

Did We Forget?

Where Are We Now?

Where Are We Going?

3. Seeing What We Know: Knowing What We See

Laura Bohannan

Shakespeare in the Bush

4. Incorporating Theory Into Practice Research

Janice M. Morse

Scenario

Nursing Perspectives

Dialogue

Discussion

5. Orientation 101: Definitions and Other Essential Extraneous Notes

Janice M. Morse

Paradigm

6. The Battlefield of Knowledge: Different Purposes, Different Approaches

Janice M. Morse

Inductive Approaches to Concept Development

Deductive Approaches to Concept Development

Developing Quantitative Models and Theories

Abduction

The Complementary Relationship Between Qualitative and Quantitative Knowledge

Last Thoughts

SECTION II: ALL ABOUT CONCEPTS

The Conceptualization of Concepts

7. Concepts in Context

Janice M. Morse

What Is Context?

What Is a Concept?

Behavioral Concepts

The Structure of Concepts

The “Anatomy” of Concepts

Recontextualization

The “Physiology” of Concepts

Types of Concepts

Approaches to Understanding Concepts

The Contribution of Concepts

Frameworks and Models

Theory

Last Words

8. Summary of Major Methods for Exploring Concepts

Janice M. Morse

Philosophical Methods for Concept Analysis

Meta-Analytic Methods

Combined Methods: Methods Using the Literature and Qualitative Data

Methods Using Qualitative Inquiry

Summary

9. Inductive–Deductive Pitfalls in Concept Development

Janice M. Morse

The Myth of Induction

Exploring Qualitatively Derived Concepts: Inductive Techniques

Summary

10. The Pink Elephant Paradox (or, Avoiding the Misattribution of Data)

Judith A. Spiers

The Importance of Nurse–Patient Communication

The Concept of Vulnerability

Exploring Vulnerability in Home Care Nurse–Patient Interactions

Summary

11. Concept Evaluation: Determining Appropriate Strategies for Concept Development

Janice M. Morse

Determining Level of Maturity

The Process of Assessing Concepts

The Level of Maturity

SECTION III: EMERGING CONCEPTS

12. Qualitative Strategies for Concept Development

Janice M. Morse

Targeting Concepts Using Qualitative Inquiry

Building Lay Concepts Epistemologically

Qualitative Methods for Developing Concepts

A Mapping Method to Locate a Concept

Kristy K. Martyn

Qualitative Strategies for Identifying Concepts

Example of Interpretative Coding: Getting Behind the Data

Janice M. Morse, Kim Martz, and Terrie Vann-Ward

Analytic Strategies for Identifying Attributes

Qualitative Research Strategies for Expanding Concepts

Summary

13. Concept Identification Using Qualitative Inquiry

Janice M. Morse

Developing a Concept From Data: The Example of Compathy

Role of Compathy in Knowledge Development

14. Building Concepts

Janice M. Morse

Concept-Supporting Data

The Data–Concept Link

Developing Concepts to Using Studies to Support an Emerging Concept

Emerging Concepts

The Case of “Preserving Self”

Summary

15. Qualitative Structured Techniques

Janice M. Morse

Targeted Strategies for Concept and Attribute Development

Summary

16. The Prototypical Method

Janice M. Morse

The Prototypical Method

The Case of Hope

Summary

SECTION IV: PARTIALLY DEVELOPED CONCEPTS

17. Concept Clarification: The Use of Pragmatic Utility

Janice M. Morse

Procedures: Doing Pragmatic Utility

18. Research Using Pragmatic Utility

Janice M. Morse

Example I: Concept Clarification Inside a Concept: The Conceptualizations of Caring and Caring as a Concept

Comparing the Conceptualizations and Theories of Care

Discussion on…