Walker, Lorraine Olszewski. <br/><br/>
Strategies for theory construction in nursing / 
Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Coalson Avant. 
 - 5th ed. 
 - Boston :  Prentice Hall,  c2011. 
 - xi, 243 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Theory in nursing : past to present -- Using knowledge development and theory to inform practice -- Approaches to theory development used in this book -- Concept derivation -- Statement derivation -- Theory derivation -- Concept synthesis -- Statement synthesis -- Theory synthesis -- Concept analysis -- Statement analysis -- Theory analysis -- Concept, statement, and theory testing. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780132156882 (alk. paper) 0132156881 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010022348 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing--Philosophy.<br/>Nursing models.<br/>Nursing Theory.<br/>Models, Nursing.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT84.5  / .W34 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>618.9285506  / WLS 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>WY 86  / W181s 2010