Nursing Knowledge : Science, Practice, and Philosophy


Mark. Risjord
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Chicester : : Wiley, , 2009.
Omfang
1 online resource (266 p.)
Utgave
5th ed.
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Nursing Knowledge; Contents; Preface; Foreword; PART I NURSING KNOWLEDGE AND THE CHALLENGE OF RELEVANCE; Nursing knowledge; Two kinds of theory-practice gap; Philosophy of nursing science; 1 Prehistory of the problem; 2 Opening the relevance gap; 3 Toward a philosophy of nursing science; PART II VALUES AND THE NURSING STANDPOINT; Introduction to Part II; 4 Practice values and the disciplinary knowledge base; 5 Models of value-laden science; 6 Standpoint epistemology and nursing knowledge; 7 The nursing standpoint; PART III NURSING THEORY AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE; Introduction to Part III. - 18 Methodological separatism and reconciliationPART VII CONCLUSION; 19 Redrawing the map; References; Index. - 8 Logical positivism and mid-century philosophy of science9 Echoes in nursing; 10 Rejecting the received view; PART IV THE IDEA OF A NURSING SCIENCE; Introduction to Part IV; 11 Postnursing theory inquiry; 12 The structure of theory; 13 Models, mechanisms, and middle-range theory; PART V CONCEPTS AND THEORIES; Introduction to Part V; 14 Consequences of contextualism; 15 Conceptual models and the fate of grand theory; PART VI PARADIGM, THEORY, AND METHOD; Introduction to Part VI; Terminological preliminaries; 16 The rise of qualitative research; 17 What is a paradigm?. - Nurses who conduct research have a longstanding interest in questions of nursing knowledge. Nursing Knowledge is a clear and well-informed exposition of the philosophical background to nursing theory and research. Nursing Knowledge answers such fundamental questions as: How is nursing theory related to nursing practice? What are the core elements of nursing knowledge? What makes nursing research distinctive as nursing research? It examines the history of the philosophical debates within nursing, critiques the arguments, explains the implications and sets out to rethink the ph
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