● Part One: Our Theoretical Journey
　Chapter 1: Positioning for the Journey
　Chapter 2: On Being and Becoming a Scholar
　Chapter 3: Theory: Metaphors, Symbols, Definitions

● Part Two: Our Theoretical Heritage
　Chapter 4: From Can’t to Kant: Barriers and Forces Toward Theoretical Thinking
　Chapter 5: On the Way to Theoretical Nursing: Stages and Milestones

● Part Three: Our Discipline and Its Structure
　Chapter 6: The Discipline of Nursing: Perspective and Domain
　Chapter 7: Sources, Resources, and Paradoxes for Theory
　Chapter 8: Our Syntax: An Epistemological Analysis

● Part Four: Reviewing and Evaluating: Pioneering Theories
　Chapter 9: Nursing Theories Through Mirrors, Microscopes, or Telescopes
　Chapter 10: A Model for Evaluation of Theories: Description, Analysis, Critique, Testing, and Support
　Chapter 11: On Needs and Self-Care
　Chapter 12: On Interactions
　Chapter 13: On Outcomes

● Part Five: On Developing Theories of Different Levels
　Chapter 14: Developing Concepts
　Chapter 15: Developing Theories
　Chapter 16: Developing Middle-Range Theories
　Chapter 17: Developing Situation-Specific Theories

● Part Six: Our Theoretical Future
　Chapter 18: Measuring Progress in a Discipline
　Chapter 19: Fifth-Generation Theorists: Passion for Advancing Theory

● Part Seven: Our Historical and Current Literature
　Chapter 20: Historical Writings in Theory
　Chapter 21: Historical and Current Theory Bibliography