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
philosophical foundation of nursing science.
"Nursing Knowledge" begins with philosophical problems that arise
within nursing science. It then considers various solutions with
the help of philosophical ideas arguingargues that nurses ought to
adopt certain philosophical positions because they are the best
solutions to the problems that nurses encounter. The book argues
claims that the nursing standpoint has the potential to disclose a
more complete understanding of human health than the common
disease-and-dysfunction views. Because of the relationship to
practice, nursing science may freely draw theory from other
disciplines and nursing practice unifies nursing research. By
redefining theory and philosophy, With a new philosophical
perspective on nursing science, the so-called relevance gap between
nursing theory and practice can be closed.
The final chapter of the book 'redraws the map', to create a new
picture of nursing science based on the following principles:
Problems of practice should guide nursing researchPractice and
theory are dynamically relatedTheory research must provide the
knowledge base necessary for nurse interventions, training, patient
education, etc.Nursing research should develop midrange theories
and its results are nursing theory is strengthened when it uses
theories confirmed by is integrated with other disciplines
Key featuresClear and accessibly writtenAccurate and
philosophically well-informed, Discusses philosophical problems in
contexts familiar to nurses Systematically examines the
philosophical issues involved in nursing researchExamines
epistemology (how we know what we know), theory development, and
the philosophical foundations of scientific methodology. Develops a
new model of nursing knowledge
Dr. Mark Risjord is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Emory
University, and has a faculty appointment in the Nell Hodgson
Woodruff School of Nursing. His main research areas have been in
the philosophy of social science and the philosophy of medicine. He
was invited to has been teaching philosophy of science and theory
development in the new PhD program in the Nell Hodgson School of
Nursing at Emory University insince 1999. He has been awarded two
competitive teaching prizes: Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching
Award (2004) and the Excellence in Teaching Award (1997). He is
presently serving as the Masse-Martin/NEH Distinguished Teaching
Chair (2006-2010).
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