The Helvie Energy Theory of Nursing and Health is a nursing theory developed by Carl O. Helvie's lifelong cross-cultural exposure to various ways of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating health with application to individuals, families, and to specific communities across the world. [1] [2] [3]
Following publication of an advanced practice registered nursing textbook using the theory as a framework, [4] the theory was cited and discussed in graduate nursing textbooks, [5] [6] [7] [8] in graduate nursing courses and in nursing agency manuals. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Likewise the Helvie Energy Theory has been widely appropriated for use in Alternative Health literature. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]