The student nurses are preparing a poster to explain the evolution of

QUESTION

The student nurses are preparing a poster to explain the evolution of nursing theories. In which chronological order should the students display information about these theorists?

1. Roy
2. King
3. Peplau
4. Rogers
5. Watson
6. Leininger

ANSWER:

Correct Answer: 3, 4, 2, 1, 5, 6

Hildegard Peplau, a psychiatric nurse, introduced her interpersonal concepts in 1952. Martha Rogers first presented her theory of unitary human beings in 1970. Imogene King first published Toward a Theory of Nursing: General Concepts of Human Behavior in 1971. Roy’s adaptation model published in book form in 1976. Jean Watson’s theory of the science of caring was first published in 1979. Madeleine Leininger first published her cultural care diversity and universality theory in 1985.