Primary sources can come in multiple format types, such as a video interview, print book, eBook or journal article. Below are the steps for finding each type.
Pioneering Theories in Nursing by Click on the link below to access the Librarys collection of video interviews with nurse theorists. If the video shows a nurse theorist talking about her theory, then it is a primary source. If the video is about the nurse theorist but does not have an interview, it is a secondary source.
Many nurse authors have written books about their nurse theory. But most of them are not within the 5 current years period. You can search the Library Catalog by the author to find these primary sources. Use the search box below to find books in our collection written by a nurse theorist. An example: is the book written by Jean Watson on her theory.
Type in "Watson's theory of nursing" under Bensearch.
You will find limited to Books 69 books.
But these are all secondary sources as Watson's caring theory came into the literature much earlier. And subsequent nurse author including Watson wrote more about it.
1
BOOK
Sitzman, Kathleen ; Watson, Jean
2013
.... It was developed for use as the primary text for an online caring theory course that will be offered through the Watson Caring Science Institute in October 2013...
2
BOOK
Sitzman, Kathleen.; Watson, Jean, 1940-
2014
3
BOOK
Sitzman, Kathleen ; Watson, Jean
2016
This innovative text, built on the foundations of Watson's Caring Science, demonstrates how nursing professionals can develop virtual relationships that encompass caring and understanding...
4
BOOK
Nelson, John; Watson, Jean
2012
Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring (Caritas) is now used in approximately 300 health care institutions in the United States and other institutions worldwide...
Book 2
Another Ebook, which is a primary resource for humanistic theory
Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson and Loretta T. Zderad
Book 3
Nightingale, Florence (1860) Notes on nursing: what it is and what it is not'
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ben/detail.action?docID=3418735&pq-origsite=primo
