Nursing Theory Critique
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چکیده
Nursing theory critique is an essential exercise that helps nursing students identify nursing theories, their structural components and applicability as well as in making conclusive recommendations about the theory. This paper shall highlight the theory of transition as put forth by Afaf Ibrahim Meleis and Karen, L. Schumacher in their work titled: “Transitions: A central concept in nursing.” Meleis is greatly credited for the development of the transition theory whose conception begun in the 1960’s when she was working on her PhD (Schumacher & K. H. 2000).
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