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Enactivism: Embodied cognition, sense-making, and nursing
1Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Nursing Inquiry
|September 16, 2024
Summary
Enactivism, a theory of embodied cognition, offers an integrated framework for understanding human sense-making in nursing. This approach considers brain, body, environment, and subjective experience for holistic patient care.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Embodied Cognition Theory
- Nursing Theory
Background:
- Enactivism proposes a distributed model of cognition as a sense-making process.
- This process inherently involves the brain, body, environment, and subjective experience.
- It offers an integrated framework for understanding human sense-making.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce the background and main tenets of enactivist theory.
- To discuss the relevance of enactivism within the field of nursing.
- To highlight its specific applicability to mental health nursing.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical review and discussion of enactivist principles.
- Analysis of enactivism's alignment with nursing and mental health nursing concepts.
- Argumentation for the integration of enactivism into nursing knowledge.
Main Results:
- Enactivism provides a comprehensive model of sense-making.
- This model integrates physiological, psychological, and subjective perceptual factors.
- The theory is highly relevant for advancing nursing knowledge and practice.
Conclusions:
- Enactivism offers a valuable theoretical framework for nursing.
- Its integrated approach enhances understanding of human sense-making in healthcare.
- Enactivism holds significant potential for mental health nursing.
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