When searching in databases combine the following Keywords with your specific topic:
| Nursing Theorist | Search Command |
| Allen, Moyra | ("McGill Model of Nursing" OR "developmental health model") |
| Benner, Patricia | (MH "Benner’s Professional Advancement Model") |
| Henderson, Virginia | (MH "Henderson Nursing Model") |
| Johnson, Dorothy | (MH "Johnson Behavioral System Model") |
| Levine, Myra Estrin | (MH "Levine Conservation Model") |
Searching the phrase "nursing theory" within "CINAHL Headings" will give you a sense of vocabulary and the collection of literature available to you. By clicking on the CINAHL heading "Nursing Model" you will see a variety of potential theories to search. Clicking on any one of the sub-theories will reveal a list of individual theories, such as:
Nursing models, theoretical
Benner's Professional Advancement Model
Corbin and Strauss Chronic Illness Trajectory Framework
Cox Interaction Model of Client Health Behavior
Fitzpatrick Life Perspective
Gordon's Functional Health Patterns
Henderson Nursing Model
Johnson Behavioral System Model
King Open Systems Model
Leininger's Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality
Leventhal and Johnson's Theory of Self-Regulation
Levine Conservation Model
Marker Nursing Model
Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Theory
Neuman Systems Model
Newman Health Model
Nightingale's Nursing Theory
Orem Self-Care Model
Orlando's Theory of the Deliberative Nursing Process
Parse's Theory of Human Becoming
Paterson and Zderad's Theory of Humanistic Nursing
Pender Health Promotion Model
Peplau Interpersonal Relations Model
Rogers Science of Unitary Human Beings
Roper's Activities of Living Model
Roy Adaptation Model
Rubin's Theory of Maternal Identity
Synergy Model
Watson's Theory of Caring
Wiedenbach's Theory