Story as link between nursing practice, ontology, epistemology

Area of Science:

• Nursing Science
• Knowledge Management
• Ontology

Background:

• Nursing knowledge requires effective organization and communication strategies.
• The ontology of nursing underpins the theoretical basis of nursing practice.
• Existing methods may not fully capture the situated nature of nursing knowledge.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose and explore the use of narrative (story) as a method for organizing and communicating nursing knowledge.
• To ensure nursing knowledge is grounded in the fundamental ontology of nursing.
• To establish the nursing situation as the core unit for nursing knowledge representation.

Main Methods:

• Conceptual analysis of nursing knowledge organization.
• Defining the nursing situation as the fundamental unit of knowledge.
• Utilizing the nursing story as a representation of the nursing situation.

Main Results:

• The nursing story is proposed as a valid method for knowledge organization and communication.
• This narrative approach ensures groundedness in nursing ontology.
• The nursing situation is identified as the essential unit of nursing knowledge.

Conclusions:

• Nursing knowledge can be effectively organized and communicated through the use of stories.
• The narrative method strengthens the connection between nursing practice and its theoretical underpinnings.
• This approach offers a framework for understanding and disseminating nursing knowledge.