Nursing is Inquiry in Practice:
Disciplinary Influences on Nursing Inquiry
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Overview
Nursing is a profession that has incorporated various “borrowed” theories from a variety of different disciplines. Biology, medicine, psychology, sociology, history, anthropology, pharmacology, epidemiology, public health, philosophy, economics, computer science have all been tapped to shape the existing body of knowledge inherent to nursing. Since each discipline has its own area of interest, epistemologies, and methods of inquiry, nursing harbours an eclectic mix of distinct yet blended lens and perspectives. Yet, the essence of nursing is both a combination of these disciplinary influences and a distinct discipline on its own.
Ends In View
This learning activity is intended to provide learners with the opportunity to:
1. Examine disciplinary influences on nursing inquiry such as biology, medicine, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and so on.
2. Explore the uniqueness of the discipline of nursing.
3.Create a representation of their own philosophy of nursing.
In Preparation
1.READ: Tolley, K. (1995). Theory from practice for practice: Is this a reality? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 21, p. 184 – 190.
2. READ:Ingram, R. (1991). Why does nursing need theory? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 16, p. 350 – 353.
3.READ: Villarruel, A., Bishop, T., Simpson, E., Jemmott, L., & Fawcett, J. (2001). Borrowed theories, shared theories, and the advancement of nursing knowledge. Nursing Science Quarterly, 14 (2), 158 – 163.
4.READ: Lipsey, Sally. Mathematical Education in the Life of Florence Nightingale, Newsletter of the Association for Women in Mathematics, 23 (4), (July-August 1993), 11-12.
In Practice
1. Participate in class discussion related to the historical disciplinary influences on nursing and the rise of nursing theory development.
2. In small groups discuss how theory has helped nursing evolve as a discipline.
3. If nursing was not influenced by any other discipline, what would it look like as a profession? What would nursing’s unique body of knowledge look like? Would this still be nursing?
4. Describe your personal philosophy of nursing. Use the following questions to guide you:
What is your central belief about the individual person?
What constitutes the environment?
How do the individual and the environment interact?
What is your view of health?
How does illness relate to health?
What is the central reason for the existence of nursing?
In Reflection
1. What field or discipline has shaped your practice the most?
2. How has this influence manifested in your practice?
3. Has the influence of another discipline impeded your own decisions or actions as a nursing student? Do you anticipate it will when you graduate? If so, how?
References
Ingram, R. (1991). Why does nursing need theory? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 16, p. 350 – 353.
Lipsey, Sally. Mathematical Education in the Life of Florence Nightingale, Newsletter of the Association for Women in Mathematics, 23 (4) (July-August 1993), 11-12.
Meleis, A.I. (1991). Theory: Who needs it,...What is it? Theoretical Nursing: Development and Progress. 2nd ed. New York: Lippincott, p. 8 - 22.
Tolley, K. (1995). Theory from practice for practice: Is this a reality? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 21, p. 184 – 190.
Villarruel, A., Bishop, T., Simpson, E., Jemmott, L., & Fawcett, J. (2001). Borrowed theories, shared theories, and the advancement of nursing knowledge. Nursing Science Quarterly, 14(2), 158 – 163.
Watson, J. (1999). Moving from text to margin. Postmodern Nursing and beyond. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, p. 17 – 22.
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Sociological Theories
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