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The discipline of nursing: historical roots, current perspectives, future directions
Author(s) -
Shaw Maureen C
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18101651.x
Subject(s) - viewpoints , nursing research , nursing practice , nursing , engineering ethics , body of knowledge , nurse education , sociology , psychology , medicine , epistemology , philosophy , engineering , art , visual arts
As advances in nursing science and research impact upon nursing education and clinical practice, new ways of looking at phenomena have led to a re‐examination and refinement of the traditional concepts person, environment, health and nursing This evolving pattern of intellectual growth holds promise for the discipline of nursing through the advancement of knowledge based upon scientific inquiry into the practice of nursing This paper discusses nursing as a discipline by examining the development of a unique body of knowledge from three viewpoints historical past, current perspectives and future direction