Middle range theories : application to nursing research / [edited by] Sandra J. Peterson, Timothy S. Bredow.

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2009], ©2009.

xviii, 420 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

2nd ed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the nature of nursing knowledge / Sandra J. Peterson -- Analysis, evaluation, and selection of a middle range nursing theory / Timothy S. Bredow -- Pain : a balance between analgesia and side effects / Marion Good -- Unpleasant symptoms / Audrey Gift -- The AACN synergy model / Sonya R. Hardin -- Self-efficacy / Barbara Resnick -- Chronic sorrow / Georgene Gaskill Eakes -- Social support / Marjorie A. Schaffer -- Caring / Danuta M. Wojnar -- Interpersonal relations / Sandra J. Peterson -- Modeling and role-modeling / Ellen D. Shultz -- Comfort / Katharine Kolcaba -- Health-related quality of life / Timothy S. Bredow, Sandra J. Peterson, and Kristin E. Sandau -- Health promotion / Marjorie Cook McCullagh -- Deliberative nursing process / Mertie L. Potter -- Resilience / Joan E. Haase.