Parse’s Criteria for Evaluation of Theory With a Comparison of Fawcett’s and Parse’s Approaches

Cody, W. K. (1999). Middle-range theories: Do they foster the development of nursing science? Nursing Science Quarterly, 12, 9-14.

Fawcett, J. (2005). Criteria for evaluation of theory. Nursing Science Quarterly, 18, 131-135.

Parse, R. R. (1987). Nursing science: Major paradigms, theories, and critiques. Philadelphia: Saunders.

Parse, R. R. (1997). The language of nursing knowledge: Saying what we mean. In I. M. King & J. Fawcett (Eds.), The language of nursing theory and metatheory (pp. 73-77). Indianapolis, IN,: Sigma Theta Tau International Center Nursing Press.

Parse, R. R. (2000). Obfuscation: The persistent practice of misnaming. Nursing Science Quarterly, 13, 91-92.