Online Companion: Nursing Fundamentals: Caring & Clinical Decision Making

Web Sites
Chapter 3: Framework of Practice:
Nursing Theories and Conceptual Frameworks

Caring Science Home Page
http://www2.uchsc.edu/
Go to the School of Nursing page to find an overview of Watson’s Caring Science theory, definitions, a bibliography, research and theory development, and theory news.

Florence Nightingale Museum
http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/
Provides the Florence Nightingale story; a resource center pointing to artifacts, articles, books, and other materials in the collection; and educational services and resources.

International Consortium of Parse Scholars (ICPS)
http://www.humanbecoming.org/
A description of the Theory of Human Becoming, bibliography, news about the theory’s development, seminars, and links.

International Orem Society for Nursing Science and Scholarship
http://www.muhealth.org/
Find the International Orem Society for Nursing Science and Scholarship on the School of Nursing page. It disseminates information related to Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory; its application to nursing education, practice, and research; and theory conferences.

Sister Callista Roy page at Boston College
http://www2.bc.edu/
Go to the William F. Connell School of Nursing to find a description of the model, appropriate definitions, and research on the Adaptation Model. A resource for students, clinicians, and scholars.

The Nursing Theory Page
http://www.sandiego.edu/
Housed in the School of Nursing, the International nursing theory project is a comprehensive compilation of the leading nursing theories, other theory collections, resources on nursing theory, and nursing theory discussion forums.

Unitary Health Care
http://medweb.uwcm.ac.uk/
Click on the link to “Martha” to find the Martha Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings page, which provides a description of the theory, pictures of the theorist and her family, a newsletter, and more.