Complexities in Studying and Practicing Nursing-A Theoretical Elaboration Based on Reflections by Nurses and Nursing Students
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Joakim Öhlén1, Annette Bramstång, Frida Lundin Gurné
1Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy (Drs Öhlén and Kirkevold and Mss Bramstång, Lundin Gurné, and Pihlgren), and Centre for Person-Centred Care, the GPCC (Dr Öhlén), University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Palliative Centre (Dr Öhlén) and Department for Cardiology (Ms Thonander), Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department for Nursing Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway (Dr Kirkevold); and Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway (Dr Kirkevold).
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to explore nursing students' and clinically active nurses' experiential ideas about nursing to provide a foundation for a critical reflection on the complexities involved in studying and practicing nursing. Using a participatory approach, 9 experiential ideas about nursing as a subject, nursing practice, and being a nurse were identified and reflected upon with a total of 238 participants. This was followed by a theoretical analysis in relation to the clinical gaze in nursing and epistemology, which ends in an argument for a rediscovery of the broader Aristotelian view of knowledge in nursing education and practice.
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