The nature of theoretical thinking in nursing

Providing conceptual tools that can be used to delineate all facets of nursing in theoretical terms, this book provides a systematic framework used to examine elements in nursing and to posit importnatn concepts in a system of order, within specific boundaries of meaning. It enables the reader to understand how conceptualizations and theoretical statements are developed and refined. In delineating theoretical elements essential to nursing, the book employs a typology that includes three distinct theoretical domains: client, environment, and nursing action.