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Surfacing nursing process: a method for generating nursing theory from practice
Author(s) -
Chenitz W. Carole,
Swanson Janice M.
Publication year - 1984
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1984.tb00362.x
Subject(s) - nursing process , nursing , process (computing) , nursing theory , nursing practice , identification (biology) , medicine , medline , computer science , botany , political science , law , biology , operating system
The process dimension in nursing is far more complex than currently recognized. Lack of knowledge about process in nursing has consequences for professional development and nursing theory. A method for generating theory from systematic observation, description, identification and analysis of nursing practice is presented.