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Published on: June 21, 2010
[Holism at the heart of nursing knowledge: a proposed model for teaching it in nursing]
1Université de Rennes 1, 2 rue du Thabor, CS 46510, Rennes cedex, France.
Abstract:
The concept of holism remains difficult to grasp and to teach because of its polysemous nature. In the current reflections on the construction of nursing curricula, it seems necessary to propose some reference points in the meaning given to this widely used but little conceptualized notion. Nursing shares a unique and holistic view of patients, yet nursing education, rooted in the substance of nursing, remains undefined. Drawing on the work of English-language theorist Hesook Suzie Kim, this article explains part of her model of nursing practice analysis. This model is composed of four distinct domains that address the need to identify the holistic dimension of nursing knowledge to be taught.
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