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Videos Produced by FITNE

The Nurse Theorist Video Series provides interviews by Jacqueline Fawcett and Martha Raile Alligood of many of nursing’s foundational theorists, preserving their voices and ideas. The Nurse Theorist Video Series: Portraits of Excellence comprises three volumes. In addition, there are three videos in the Nurse Theorists: Excellence in Action series. 

These videos were transferred to nursology.net in December, 2023 by the producer of the videos – FITNE (Fuld Institute for Technology in Nursing Education). This transfer was made possible by the generous support of donors to Nursology.net. The interviews were conducted by Jacqueline Fawcett and by Martha Alligood, both of whom have provided for Nursology.net their recollections of the process:

• Jacqueline Fawcett “On the Making of the Nurse Theorist Videos Volume 1“.
• Martha Alligood “On the Making of the Nurse Theorist Videos Volume 2″.
• Martha Alligood “On the Making of the Nurse Theorist Videos Volume 3“

The videos are available to view from the list below, and by visiting the Nursology.net theory page for each of the theories. Links to the locations of each of the videos are provided in the Gallery of Nurse Theorists Featured in Videos Produced by FITNE   The Index below also provides access to each of the videos.

Volume 1: Interviews by Jacqueline Fawcett

• Dorothy Johnson – (Johnson’s Behavioral System Model)
• Imogene King (King’s Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment)
• Myra Levine (Levine’s Conservation Model)
• Betty Neuman (Neuman’s Systems Model)
• Dorothea Orem (Orem’s Self-Care Framework)
• Martha Rogers (Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings)
• Callista Roy (Roy’s Adaptation Model)
• Virginia Henderson (Henderson’s Definition of Nursing)
• Madeleine Leininger (Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality);
  • Marilyn McFarland Exploring Leininger’s “Sunrise Enabler” model 2016
• Margaret Newman (Newman’s Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness)
• Rosemarie Parse (Parse’s Theory of Humanbecoming)
• Ida Jean Orlando Pelletier (Orlando’s Theory of the Deliberative Nursing Process)
• Hildegard Peplau (Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations in Nursing)
• Reva Rubin (Rubin’s Theory of Maternal Identity)
• Jean Watson (Watson’s Theory of Human Caring)
• Florence Nightingale’s Life and Work (Interviewees are Monica Bailey of the Royal College of Nursing, London, England; and Lois Montero of Brown University – Nightingale’s Perspective on Nursology )

Volume2: Interviews by Martha Raile Alligood

• Helen Erickson (Erickson’s Theory of Modeling and Role Modeling)
• Merle Mishel (Mishel’s Theory of Uncertainty in Illness)
• Pamela Reed (Reed’s Theory of Self-Transcendence)
• Nola Pender (Pender’s Theory of Health Promotion)
• Afaf Meleis (Meleis’ Transitions Theory)
• Patricia Benner (Benner’s Theory of Novice to Expert)

Volume 3: Interviews by Martha Raile Alligood

• Elizabeth Ann Manhart Barrett (Barrett’s Theory of Power as Knowing Participation in Change)
• Cheryl Beck (Beck’s Theory of Postpartum Depression)
• Marilyn Dee Ray (Ray’s Theory of Bureaucratic Caring)
• Kathy Kolcaba (Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort)
• Marilyn McFarland (Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality)
• Savina Schoenhofer (Schoenhofer’s Theory of Nursing as Caring)

Excellence in Action Series

These videos are designed to show how nursology theories are applied in practice. They provide examples demonstrating how implementing certain theories can improve patient care. Each video presents information on a theory, gives case study examples to show the application of a theory, and concludes with a discussion summarizing and synthesizing the theory and application

Patricia Benner (From Beginner to Expert)
Dorothea Orem (Orem’s Self-Care Framework in Practice)
Callista Roy (Roy’s Adaptation Model in Practice)