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The Fastest Western in Town: A Contemporary Twist on the Classic Western Blot Analysis
Published on: February 5, 2014
Summary
Living on the edge involves navigating uncertainty and cherished connections. This nursing study uses the humanbecoming school of thought to define this universal experience, highlighting risk and valuing connections.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Phenomenology
- Qualitative Research
Background:
- Living on the edge is a common human experience.
- Understanding this phenomenon is crucial for nursing.
- Existing theories may not fully capture this experience.
Purpose of the Study:
- To expand the understanding of the lived experience of living on the edge.
- To contribute to nursing knowledge through theoretical development.
- To create a synthetic definition of living on the edge.
Main Methods:
- Utilized the humanbecoming school of thought as a theoretical framework.
- Employed concept inventing to derive a synthetic definition.
- Qualitative analysis of the phenomenon.
Main Results:
- A synthetic definition of living on the edge was created.
- The experience is characterized by risking and venturing.
- It involves a dynamic of sureness-unsureness and cherished engaging.
Conclusions:
- Living on the edge is defined as risking venturing with sureness-unsureness surfacing with cherished engaging.
- Theoretically, it represents powering the originating of valuing connecting-separating.
- This contributes a new perspective to nursing theory.
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