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Fortifying Our Discipline: Unique Nursing Knowledge in the Totality, Simultaneity, and Humanbecoming Paradigm.
1Department of Graduate Studies in Nursing, College of Nursing and Public Health, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA.
Nursing Science Quarterly
|October 30, 2025
Summary
This study explores how nursing paradigms, theories, and research build unique nursing knowledge. This knowledge strengthens the nursing discipline.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Science
- Epistemology in Healthcare
Background:
- Nursing knowledge development is crucial for discipline fortification.
- Understanding the origins of nursing knowledge is essential.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the role of nursing paradigms in knowledge creation.
- To analyze how theories and research derived from paradigms contribute to unique nursing knowledge.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of nursing paradigms.
- Analysis of theoretical frameworks in nursing.
- Examination of research methodologies within nursing.
Main Results:
- Nursing paradigms provide foundational structures for knowledge generation.
- Theories and research emerging from paradigms are key to developing distinct nursing knowledge.
- This unique knowledge enhances the scientific basis and practice of nursing.
Conclusions:
- Nursing paradigms are instrumental in cultivating a robust and unique body of nursing knowledge.
- The integration of paradigms, theories, and research fortifies the nursing discipline.
- Continued exploration of these relationships is vital for advancing nursing science.
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