UNIT I: EVOLUTION OF NURSING THEORETICAL WORKS 1. Introduction to Nursing Theory: Its History and Significance 2. Nursing Theorists of Historical Significance 3. History of Nursing Science 4. Theory Development Process 5. The Structure and Analysis of Specialized Nursing Knowledge

UNIT II: NURSING PHILOSOPHIES 6. Florence Nightingale: Modern Nursing 7. Jean Watson: Watson's Philosophy and Theory of Transpersonal Caring 8. Marilyn Anne Ray: Theory of Bureaucratic Caring 9. Patricia Benner: Caring, Clinical Wisdom, and Ethics in Nursing Practice 10. Kari Martinsen: Philosophy of Caring 11. Katie Eriksson: Theory of Caritative Caring

UNIT III: NURSING MODELS 12. Myra Estrin Levine: The Conservation Model 13. Martha E. Rogers: Unitary Human Beings 14. Dorothea E. Orem: Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing 15. Imogene M. King: Conceptual System and Middle Range Theory of Goal Attainment 16. Betty Neuman: Systems Model 17. Sister Callista Roy: Adaptation Model 18. Dorothy Johnson: Behavioral System Model

UNIT IV: NURSING THEORIES 19. Anne Boykin and Savina O. Schoenhofer: The Theory of Nursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Practice 20. Afaf Ibrahim Meleis: Transitions Theory 21. Nola J. Pender: Health Promotion Model 22. Madeline M. Leininger: Culture Care Theory of Diversity and Universality 23. Margaret A. Newman: Health as Expanding Consciousness 24. Rosemarie Rizzo Parse: Humanbecoming 25. Helen C. Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, Mary Ann P. Swain: Modeling and Role-Modeling 26. Gladys L. Husted and James H. Husted: Symphonological Bioethical Theory

UNIT V: MIDDLE RANGE THEORIES 27. Ramona T. Mercer: Maternal Role Attainment-Becoming a Mother 28. Merle Mishel: Uncertainty in Illness Theory 29. Pamela G. Reed: Self-Transcendence Theory 30. Carolyn L. Wiener and Marilyn J. Dodd: Theory of Illness Trajectory 31. Georgene Gaskill Eakes, Mary Lermann Burke, and Margaret A. Hainsworth: Theory of Chronic Sorrow 32. Phil Barker: The Tidal Model of Mental Health Recovery 33. Katherine Kolcaba: Theory of Comfort 34. Cheryl Tatano Beck: Postpartum Depression Theory 35. Kristen M. Swanson: Theory of Caring 36. Cornelia M. Ruland and Shirley M. Moore: Peaceful End-of-Life Theory

UNIT VI: FUTURE OF NURSING THEORY 37. State of the Art and Science of Nursing Theory