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Toward conceptualizations in nursing: harbingers from the sciences and humanities
1College of Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.
Summary
This study explores diverse conceptualizations of care across various cultural groups and life stages. It proposes future nursing research to understand how care characteristics foster quality human experiences.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Sociology
- Anthropology
Background:
- Understanding diverse conceptualizations of care is crucial in nursing scholarship.
- Previous research has not fully explored variations in care across different cultural contexts and life cycles.
Purpose of the Study:
- To outline the generation of care conceptualizations from ethnographic studies.
- To propose a research question for future nursing inquiry into care characteristics.
- To suggest future research directions for understanding care variations.
Main Methods:
- Ethnographic study of diverse populations including Tohono O'odham children, Norwegian-Americans, and children with cancer.
- Analysis of personal life experiences and nursing scholarship.
- Conceptual development focusing on context, transformation, and care.
Main Results:
- Care conceptualizations vary significantly across different cultural groups and life stages.
- Personal experiences and ethnographic data inform the understanding of care.
- A central research question regarding care characteristics and human experience was formulated.
Conclusions:
- Future nursing research should investigate the impact of care characteristics on human responses and quality of experience.
- Exploring variations in care across diverse cultural contexts and life cycles is essential.
- Understanding the dynamic nature of care conceptualizations over time is a key area for future study.