Martha Raile Alligood, RN; PhD; ANEF
Year First Published – 2010
Major Concepts
Conceptualization of nursing knowledge
Application of nursing philosophies
Application of nursing models
Application of nursing theories
Brief Description 
This book focuses on the application of several nursing philosophies, nursing models, and nursing theories. The application of each nurse theorist’s work is to in the format of a case study. The book concludes for two chapters addressing the future of nursing knowledge.
Book Editions
Alligood, M. R. (2014). Nursing theory: Utilization & application (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier.
Alligood, M.R. (2010). Nursing theory: Utilization & application (4th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier.
Alligood, M. R.& Marriner-Tomey, A. (2006). Nursing theory: Utilization & application (3rd ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
Alligood, M.R. & Marriner-Tomey, A. (2006). La teoria del nursing: utilizzazione e applicazione (3e.). Milano, Italy: McGraw-Hill. (Translation of the 3rd edition into Italian).
Alligood, M. R.& Marriner-Tomey, A. (2002). Nursing theory: Utilization & application (2nd ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
Alligood, M. R. & Marriner-Tomey, A. (2001). Nursing theory: Utilization & application. Singapore: Harcourt Asia Pte Ltd. (Translation of first edition into Chinese-Classical Taiwanese).
Alligood, M. R.& Marriner-Tomey, A. (1997). Nursing theory: Utilization & application. St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
Authors
Alligood designed/authored/edited all five editions; Marriner Tomey co-edited the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd editions.
Martha Raile Alligood (1942 – )
Dr. Alligood has retired from her position as Professor, College of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. She is co-editor and then editor of several editions of Nursing Theorists and Their Work, and the founding editor, then co-editor, and then sole editor of Nursing Theory: Utilization and Application. Dr. Alligood also is the interviewer for Volumes 2 and 3 of the The Nurse Theorist: Portraits of Excellence series of DVDs produced by the Fuld Institute of Technology for Nursing Education (FITNE).
Ann Marriner Tomey
Dr. Marriner Tomey is Professor Emeritus, College of Nursing, Health, and Human Services, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN. She is the founding editor and later co-editor of several editions of Nursing Theorists and Their Work.