TY - BOOK AU - Walker,Lorraine Olszewski AU - Avant,Kay Coalson TI - Strategies for theory construction in nursing T2 - Pearson custom library SN - 9781292027760 U1 - 610.7301 WAL 23 PY - 2014///] CY - Harlow, Essex PB - Pearson KW - Nursing KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1.Theory in nursing: past to present. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant; 2.Using knowledge development and theory to inform practice. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant; 3.Approaches to theory development used in this book. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant; 4.Part: Derivation strategies. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant; 5.Concept derivation. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant; 6.Statement derivation. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant; 7.Theory derivation. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant; 8.Part: Synthesis strategies. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant; 9.Concept synthesis. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant; 10.Statement synthesis. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant; 11.Theory synthesis. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant; 12.Part: Analysis strategies. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant ; 13.Concept analysis. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant; 14.Statement analysis. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant; 15.Theory analysis. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant; 16.Part: Perspectives on theory and its credibility. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant ; 17.Concept: Concept, statement and theory testing. Lorraine Olszewski Walker, Kay Colason Avant ER -