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Transforming Practice Knowledge into Nursing Knowledge—A Revisionist Analysis of Peplau
Author(s) -
Reed Pamela G.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1996.tb01174.x
Subject(s) - scholarship , nursing practice , nursing theory , perspective (graphical) , clinical practice , nursing , process (computing) , nursing research , psychology , sociology , engineering ethics , medicine , medline , computer science , political science , artificial intelligence , law , engineering , operating system
Nursing practice typically has been viewed as applying knowledge. However, currently, there is increasing awareness that nursing practice is also a process of knowledge development. Still, research and practice are not always connected. Analysis of Peplau's works illuminates a scholarship of nursing practice that is relevant today. This paper focuses on a specific strategy and philosophic perspective, as derived from Peplau, for integrating nursing practice more fully into today's knowledge development. Emphasis is on the need for nursing practice‐based theory, as well as nursing theory‐based practice.