Tabla de Contenidos: “…Positioning for the journey -- On being and becoming a scholar -- Theory : metaphors, symbols, definitions -- From can't to Kant : barriers and forces toward theoretical thinking -- On the way to theoretical nursing : stages and milestones -- The discipline of nursing : perspective and domain -- Sources, resources, and paradoxes for theory -- Our syntax : an epistemological analysis -- Nursing theories through mirrors, microscopes, or telescopes -- A model for evaluation of theories : description, analysis, critique, testing, and support -- On needs and self-care -- On interactions -- On outcomes -- Developing concepts -- Developing theories -- Developing middle-range theory -- Developing situation-specific theories / Eun-Ok Im and Afaf Meleis -- Measuring progress in a discipline -- Fifth generation theorists : passion for advancing theory -- Historical writings in theory -- Historical and current theory bibliography.…”