The Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms

L. Pugh

PhD, RNC

Elizabeth R. Lenz, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN
Dean and Professor College of Nursing Ohio State University

E-mail: Lenz.23@osu.edu

 

PUGH LINDA C - Biosketch - Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
E-mail: lpugh@son.jhmi.edu

• Unpleasant symptoms - In the theory of unpleasant symptoms, three categories of variables are identified as effecting the occurrence, intensity, timing, distress level, and quality of symptoms: they are physiological factors, psychological factors, and situational factors. (Information from Nursingtheory.net)

Sample references:

"Collaborative Development of Middle-Range Nursing Theories: Toward a Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms." (with Elizabeth Lenz, Audrey Gift, Linda Pugh, and Renee Milligan). Advances in Nursing Science 17/3(March 1995): 1-13.

 

"Middle-Range Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms; An Update" with E. Lenz, A. Gift., L. Pugh, and R. Milligan), Advances in Nursing Science 19/3(March 1997): 14-27.