RT Article
T1 Using Ockham’s razor to redefine "nursing science"
JF Nursing philosophy
VO 21
IS 2
SP 1
OP 8
A1 Grace, Pamela J.
A1 Shaha, Maya
A2 Shaha, Maya
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1925601692
AB Confusion remains about the concept "nursing science." Definitions vary, depending on country, context and setting. Even among nurse scholars and scientists there is disagreement about the content and boundaries of nursing science. There is an urgent need for an acceptable definition that can guide nursing knowledge development, education, and practice. In this article, we highlight the problems for the profession of this sort of conceptual ambiguity, arguing that it is an ethical responsibility for the profession to gain clarity about the meaning and apt focus of our knowledge development initiatives. We parse out nursing and science as separate concepts and synthesize from this analysis a simple yet comprehensive definition of nursing science. We propose that this definition is capable of unifying ongoing nursing endeavors and should serve as the basis for evaluating nursing's knowledge development and educational initiatives.
K1 Epistemology
K1 Ethical Responsibility
K1 knowledge development
K1 nursing goals
K1 nursing science
K1 philosophy of nursing
DO 10.1111/nup.12246