Theory Development in Community Health Nursing: Issues and Recommendations
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- Published by Springer Publishing Company in Research and Theory for Nursing Practice
- Vol. 2 (2) , 145-160
- https://doi.org/10.1891/0889-7182.2.2.145
Abstract
Although community health nursing celebrated its centennial in this country in 1986, a lack of conceptual clarity and a relative paucity of theory development persist in this field of nursing. Without conceptual clarity regarding the nature of community health nursing, progress in theory development in the field will encounter significant barriers.Progress can be aided by systematic analysis and critique of a variety of strategies for developing community health nursing theory. This article focuses on the consequences of initiating community health nursing theory development from the points of view of theory, practice, or research. In addition, eight sources of ideas and data relevant to community health nursing are proposed.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: