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Developing a Philosophy of Nursing

Edited by:

June F. Kikuchi - University of Alberta - Edmonton, Canada
Helen Simmons - University of Alberta - Edmonton, Canada

Other Titles in:
Nursing Theory

March 1994 | 130 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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Contents

What is a philosophy of nursing? What is required for its development? How is it related to contemporary conceptualizations of nursing? Answers to these and other questions are pursued by leading nursing scholars in this important new book.

It will help the researcher gain a better grasp of what it will take to establish a sound philosophical basis for the development of nursing practice, education, research and administration.

PROLOGUE

Clarifying the Nature and Place of a Philosophy of Nursing

PART ONE: ESTABLISHING COMMON GROUND IN NURSING PHILOSOPHY

Pamela J Salsberry

A Philosophy of Nursing

What Is It? What Is It not?

Lynn Rew

Commentary

Jacqueline Laurin

Commentary

Ginette Page

Commentary

PART TWO: ACCOMMODATING DIVERSITY IN NURSING PHILOSOPHY

Marlaine C Smith

Arriving at a Philosophy of Nursing

Discovering? Constructing? Evolving?

Marian McGee

Eclecticism in Nursing Philosophy

Problem or Solution?

Rozella M Schlotfeldt

Resolving Opposing Viewpoints

Is It Desirable? Is It Practicable?

PART THREE: ARTICULATING A SOUND PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING

June F Kikuchi and Helen Simmons

A Pragmatic Philosophy of Nursing

M Patricia Donahue

Developing a Sound Philosophy of Nursing

Is Historical Nursing Knowledge Necessary?

Myra E Levine

Some Further Thoughts on the Ethics of Nursing Rhetoric

EPILOGUE

Making Progress in Developing a Sound Philosophy of Nursing

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