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The life sciences in nursing: development of a theoretical model *
Author(s) -
Akinsanya Justus A.
Publication year - 1987
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.1365-2648.1987.tb01332.x
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , nurse education , nursing , nursing practice , medical education , medical science , nursing research , medicine , psychology , political science , law
This paper explores the relationship between the life sciences of anatomy, physiology, microbiology and pharmacology and the teaching/learning problems of their application in nursing. A theoretical model is proposed derived from a conceptual consideration of nursing tasks and of nursing actions developed to account for a direct link between these sciences and nursing. It is argued that a ‘bio‐nursing'approach to the use of the life sciences in nursing is comparable to that of a ‘bio‐medical’ approach in medical education and practice. The paper suggests lhat an appropriate examination of the contributions of the life sciences to nursing education will provide a more concentrated and illuminating exercise with regard to making possible the identification of a body of knowledge of direct relevance to nursing practice. The teaching/learning implications for nurse education and the development of a distinctive knowledge base derived from these sciences are discussed.