Nursing Theory

Some of the original theories are not available online or were published within a book, not a journal article.  

Try these helpful hints:

Some suggested phrases to search for in the library catalog: nurse theory, nurse theorist, nursing theory. (Tip: try a Boolean search with these phrases for a narrower search, making sure to put AND in between each word)

Try a Subject Search for Nursing Models, Nursing Philosophy, or Nursing Theory.

Try searching for one or two specific nurse theorists to find information. (Hildegard Peplau, Dorothea Orem, and Virginia Henderson are just a few examples of prominent theorists.)

Just browsing?  Nursing Theory books can be found in the WY 86 section on the 3rd floor in LHS Chicago.