title: Story theory: advancing nursing practice scholarship.
abstract: Stories are a fundamental dimension of human experience and nursing practice. Story theory describes a narrative happening that occurs through intentional nurse-person dialogue. Seven inquiry phases are associated with story theory, including gathering the story, reconstructing the story, connecting it to the literature, naming the complicating health challenge, describing the story plot, identifying movement toward resolving, and gathering additional stories. This article describes the use of story theory to advance nursing practice scholarship in both academic and everyday nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: West Virginia University School of Nursing, Morgantown, WVa 26506, USA. mjsmith@hsc.wvu.edu
authors.forename: Mary Jane
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liehr
mesh_terms: D006694:Holistic Health; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*