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The Epistemological Threshold: From Corps-Objet to Nursing Theory in the Clinical Maturation of Educators
Goh Eun Choi1, Ji-Hyun Choi, Kyeong-Mee Jeon
1Author Affiliations: College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Dr G.E. Choi, Ms Jeon, and Ms Son); Health Culture Initiative, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Dr G.E. Choi); Department of Nursing, The University of Suwon, Hwaseong-si, Republic of Korea (Dr G.E. Choi); Department of Nursing, Korea National University of Transportation, Jeungpyeong-gun, Republic of Korea (Dr G.E. Choi); College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Dr G.E. Choi); College of Nursing, Shinhan University, Uijeongbu, Republic of Korea (Dr J.-H. Choi); and Dongnam Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Busan, Republic of Korea (Dr Kim).
Abstract:
This phenomenological study investigates the epistemological maturation of 11 early-career nursing faculty. In-depth interviews identified a critical experiential threshold in clinical practice. Initially, novices often remain phenomenologically confined to mechanical task execution, inadvertently objectifying patients (corps-objet). However, surpassing a 3-year clinical threshold facilitates a profound ontological shift: educators reclaim practical intention and perceive patients as lived subjects (corps-propre). This embodied clinical wisdom is a prerequisite for translating abstract nursing theory into authentic instruction. Consequently, sufficient clinical experience serves as an essential epistemological foundation for nursing knowledge generation amid sociopolitical pressures that accelerate academic pathways.
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