Middle Range Nursing Theory: Attentively Embracing Story

Patricia Liehr & Mary Jane Smith

Patricia Liehr

Ph.D, RN

Biography:

Patricia Liehr , Ph.D., ARNP
Professor, Associate Dean for Nursing Research & Scholarship
777 Glades Road
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
Tel: (561) 297-2048
E-mail: pliehr@fau.edu

 

Attentively Embracing Story. Theoretical Framework (MS Word Doc)  Smith & Liehr, 1999.

Mary Jane Smith

BSN, MNEd, PhD

Biography:

Smith, Mary Jane
Professor
Degrees: 
BSN & MNEd: University of Pittsburgh
PhD: New York University.
Specialty Areas: Middle range theory development, qualitative research. teaching and learning.
Research Interests: Intervening in drinking/driving situations. The lived experience of being pregnant for adolescents in high school.
Job Title: Associate Dean for Graduate Academic Affairs
School of Nursing
West Virginia University
PO Box 9640
Morgantown, WV 26506

Email: mjsmith@hsc.wvu.edu

• Attentively Embracing Story - Attentively embracing story is connecting with self-in-relation through intentional dialogue to create ease. (Information from Nursingtheory.net)

Sample joint publications:

Smith, MJ & Liehr, P: Attentively embracing story: A middle range  theory with practice and research implications., Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice 13(3):3-27,1999.

 

Liehr P. & Smith MJ: Middle range theory: Spinning research and practice to create knowledge for the new millennium, Advances in Nursing Science 21(4):81-91, 1999.

 

Patricia Leihr, PhD, RN, Mary Jane Smith, PhD,RN. Using Story to Guide Nursing Practice.  International Association for Human Caring - Journal Article  Summer 2000 Volume 4 Number 2; 13-18