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Rare Is The Student Who Enrolls In A Nursing Program And Is Excited About The Requirement Of Taking A Course On Theory. Indeed, Many Fail To See Theory’s Relevance To The Real World Of Nursing Practice And Often Have Difficulty Applying The Information In Later Courses And In Their Research. This Book Is The Result Of The Frustration Felt By A Group Of Nursing Instructors Who Met A Number Of Years Ago To Adopt A Textbook For A Theory Course. Indeed, Because Of Student Complaints And Faculty Dissatisfaction, We Were Changing Textbooks Yet Again. A Fairly Lengthy Discussion Arose In Which We Concluded That The Available Books Did Not Meet The Needs Of Our Students Or Course Faculty. We Were Determined To Write A Book That Was A General Overview Of Theory Per Se, Stressing How It Is—and Should Be—used By Nurses To Improve Practice, Research, Education, And Management/leadership.