Developing a Middle-Range Theory of Heart Failure Self-Care. (April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Attaallah, Sumayya A.; Peters, Rosalind M.; Benkert, Ramona; Yarandi, Hossein; Oliver-McNeil, Sandra; Hopp, Faith
• Is Part Of: Nursing science quarterly. Volume 34:Number 2(2021)
• Page Start: 168
• Page End: 177
• Publication Date: 2021-04
• Subjects: heart failure -- middle-range theory -- self-care; Nursing -- Periodicals; 610.7305
• DOI: 10.1177/0894318420987164
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0894-3184

Abstract

Middle-range nursing theories provide a bridge between the more abstract grand nursing theories, research, and clinical practice. As such, middle-range nursing theories derived from extant nursing theories are critical for developing and advancing both nursing science and practice. This paper describes the strategy used in developing a middle-range theory of heart failure self-care. After integrating theoretical and empirical literature, a hypothetico-deductive approach was used to develop the middle-range theory of heart failure self-care from Orem's theory of self-care. Theoretical substruction was used to provide a graphic representation of the conceptual-theoretical-empirical structure demonstrating the congruence between the theoretical and operational systems.