title: Current trends in nursing theories.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore current trends in nursing theories through an integrated literature review.
  
  
  METHODS
  The literature related to nursing theories during the past 10 years was searched through multiple databases and reviewed to determine themes reflecting current trends in nursing theories.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The trends can be categorized into six themes: (a) foci on specifics; (b) coexistence of various types of theories; (c) close links to research; (d) international collaborative works; (e) integration to practice; and (f) selective evolution.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We need to make our continuous efforts to link research and practice to theories, to identify specifics of our theories, to develop diverse types of theories, and to conduct international collaborative works.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our paper gives implications for future theoretical development in diverse clinical areas of nursing research and practice.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. eunim@nursing.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Eun-Ok
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Sun Ju
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000639:trends; D015399:Nursing Research; D009742:Nursing Theory