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Nursing Theorists and Their Work - Ann Marriner Tomey and Martha Raile Alligood
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Dictionary of Nursing Theory and Research - Bethel Ann Powers and Thomas R. Knapp
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Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives for Advanced Nursing - William Cody
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Contemporary Nursing Knowledge: Analysis and Evaluation of Nursing Models and Theories - Jacqueline Fawcett
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Conceptual Models of Nursing: Analysis and Application - Joyce J. Fitzpatrick and Ann L. Whall
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An Introduction to Theory and Reasoning in Nursing - Betty M. Johnson and Pamela B. Webber
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Strategies for Theory Construction in Nursing - Lorraine Olszewski Walker and Kay Coalson Avant
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Understanding the Work of Nurse Theorists: A Creative Beginning - Kathleen Sitzman and Lisa Wright Eichelberger
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Nursing theories : The Base For Professional Nursing Practice - Julia B. George
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