| Description |
xiii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Nursing's fundamental patterns of knowing : Knowledge for a practice discipline ; Knowing and knowledge ; Overview of nursing's patterns of knowing ; Processes for developing nursing knowledge ; Patterns gone wild ; Why develop nursing's patterns of knowing? ; Reflection and discussion -- 2. The history of knowledge development in nursing : From antiquity to Nightingale ; Nightingale's legacy ; From Nightingale to science ; Knowing patterns in the early literature ; The emergence of nursing as a science ; Early trends in the development of nursing science ; Metalanguage of nursing conceptual frameworks ; Trends in knowledge development ; The contexts of knowledge development ; Reflection and discussion -- 3. Emancipatory knowledge development : The concept of emancipatory knowing ; The rebirth of emancipatory knowing in nursing ; The dimensions of emancipatory knowing ; Reflection and discussion -- 4. Ethical knowledge development : Ethics, morality, and nursing ; Overview of ethical perspectives ; Nursing's focus on ethics and morality ; Dimensions of ethical knowledge development ; Reflection and discussion -- 5. Personal knowledge development : Personal knowing in nursing ; Conceptual meanings of personal knowing ; Dimensions of personal knowing ; Reflection and discussion -- 6. Aesthetic knowledge development : Art and aesthetics ; Aesthetic knowing ; The dimensions of aesthetic knowing ; Reflection and discussion -- 7. Empiric knowledge development: conceptualizing and structuring : What is empiric theory? ; Creating a conceptual meaning ; What is a concept? ; Methods for creating conceptual meaning ; Structuring and contextualizing theory ; Reflection and discussion -- 8. Description and critical reflection of empiric theory : What is this? The description of theory ; How does it work? The critical reflection of theory ; Reflection and discussion -- 9. Confirmation and validation of empiric knowledge using research : Theory-linked research and isolated research ; Challenges related to theory-linked research ; Refining concepts and theoretic relationships ; Designing theoretically sound empiric research ; Developing sound theoretic research ; Reflection and discussion -- 10. Confirmation and validation of empiric knowledge in practice : Theory- and evidence-based practice ; Refining conceptual meaning ; Validating theoretic relationships and outcomes in practice ; Methodologic approaches to validation of relationships and outcomes ; Expected outcomes that flow from theoretic reasoning ; Implementing a formal method of study ; Reflection and discussion |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nursing -- Philosophy.
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Nursing Theory.
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Knowledge.
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Philosophy, Nursing.
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| Author |
Kramer, Maeona K.
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| LC no. |
2010033825 |
| ISBN |
9780323077187 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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0323077188 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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