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Analysis of congruence between nursing metaparadigm concepts and American Academy Nursing policy 2010 to 2024
Cynthia S Jacelon1, Laura Dzurec2, Jacqueline Fawcett3
1Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA.
Background:
Nursology (aka nursing) is the study and practice of discipline specific knowledge. The most abstract component of nursology is its metaparadigm, which is foundational to all other nursology knowledge.
Purpose:
The purpose of this literature review was to identify the extent to which the metaparadigm concepts are evident in American Academy of Nursing approved journal and website articles about health policy published between 2010 and 2024.
Methods:
A systematic review of 109 journal articles.
Findings:
The metaparadigm concepts evident in the 109 articles were, in descending order of frequency, nursing (41%), health (26%), environment (19%) and person (14%).
Discussion:
As explicit nursing knowledge is articulated in health policies via the metaparadigm concepts, nursology's national presence as a discipline will be strengthened.
Conclusion:
It is reccommended that future health policy analyses concentrate on how other components of nursology knowledge, incuding conceptual and theoretical frameworks, guide development and implementation of policies.
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