Current Trends in Nursing Theories

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-164

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Ju Chang, Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

History; Nursing theory; Theory development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY;

HUMANS; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY;

EID: 84861697289     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2012.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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