Nursing Profession: The Contemporary Reality and Its Metamodernism Underpinning

Area of Science:

• Nursing Science
• Professional Ethics
• Metamodern Philosophy

Background:

• Nursing practice is built upon scientific knowledge, evidence-informed decision-making, and ethical responsibility.
• Ontological, epistemological, and theoretical foundations underpin nursing's ability to manage health and illness complexities.
• Metamodernism offers a lens to understand nursing's dynamic professional identity.

Purpose of the Study:

• To affirm nursing as a distinct professional discipline.
• To explore the integration of diverse elements within professional nursing practice.
• To validate the professional status of nurses through a metamodern framework.

Main Methods:

• Conceptual analysis of nursing's foundational principles.
• Application of metamodernism theory to professional nursing identity.
• Synthesis of scientific rigor, relational care, standardization, contextual responsiveness, technical competence, and moral accountability.

Main Results:

• Nursing is confirmed as a professional discipline with robust theoretical and ethical underpinnings.
• Metamodernism highlights the continuous enactment of professional authority and identity in nursing.
• The integration of scientific and relational aspects defines the professional nurse.

Conclusions:

• Nursing is unequivocally a profession, requiring specialized knowledge and ethical commitment.
• Nurses are professionals who navigate complexity through integrated scientific and relational approaches.
• The metamodern view reinforces the multifaceted and evolving nature of professional nursing.