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Merian C Litchfield¹, Helga Jónsdóttir

¹Litchfield Healthcare Associates, Wellington, New Zealand. merian.litchfield@clear.net.nz

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|June 10, 2010

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This article proposes a nursing practice discipline, emphasizing its participatory and relational nature. It highlights how nurses can articulate their vital role in modern healthcare through evolving knowledge and dialogue.

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Area of Science:

Nursing Science
Healthcare Studies
Philosophy of Science

Background:

A gap exists in defining nursing as a practice discipline.
Nurses need to articulate their essential role in contemporary healthcare.
A shift towards a participatory paradigm is occurring across disciplines.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop the meaning and possibilities of a nursing practice discipline.
To explore a participatory paradigm focused on the human aspect of health.
To establish a framework for evolving nursing knowledge and practice.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis drawing from a participatory paradigm.
Focus on the humanness within health circumstances.
Examination of knowledge as personal and participatory within health systems.

Main Results:

A practice discipline for nursing is conceptualized as relational and creative.
Knowledge in nursing practice is seen as evolving in real-time within healthcare settings.
Research integrated with practice and service innovation is key to this development.

Conclusions:

Nurses have a responsibility to participate in developing this practice discipline.
The discipline evolves through dialogue and shared understanding.
Articulating the significance of nursing is crucial for its recognition as an essential healthcare thread.