Concept Clarification: The Use of Pragmatic Utility
Janice M. Morse 17 CONCEPT CLARIFICATION: THE USE OF PRAGMATIC UTILITY1 Words … should be discarded as soon as they begin to conceal what they ought to illuminate. Our terminology…
Developing Theory Using Mixed Methods: Patterns of Attending in Nursing
Joan L. Bottorff 26 DEVELOPING THEORY USING MIXED METHODS: PATTERNS OF ATTENDING IN NURSING The amount of relief and comfort experienced by the sick after the skin has been carefully…
The Myth of a Theory Base
Janice M. Morse 39 THE MYTH OF A THEORY BASE Theories, derived from qualitative research, languish in libraries and in journals, separated from patient care by the infamous research-practice. —Morse…
Meta-Synthesis of Nursing Presence
Deborah Finfgeld-Connett 30 META-SYNTHESIS OF NURSING PRESENCE1 META-SYNTHESIS OF NURSING PRESENCE Due, in part, to its spiritual and philosophical underpinnings, nursing presence is a complex concept that is vague and…
Making Useful Theory: Making Theory Useful
Janice M. Morse 23 MAKING USEFUL THEORY: MAKING THEORY USEFUL There was a dean at my university who was a scientist with high intelligence but low boiling point. One day…
The Theory of Becoming Resolute: Guiding Mental Health Practice With Survivors of Maltreatment
Joanne M. Hall 38 THE THEORY OF BECOMING RESOLUTE: GUIDING MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE WITH SURVIVORS OF MALTREATMENT What is your story? How would you like it to unfold? Mental health…
Theoretical Coalescence
Janice M. Morse 34 THEORETICAL COALESCENCE We are proposing a theory of theories that sees theory as a conceptual system invented to some purpose—when seen in its full consequences—has revolutionary…
