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What is Nursing Science?

Elizabeth Ann Manhart Barrett, RN; PhD; FAAN

School of Nursing, Hunter College, City University of New York

The enigma of defining nursing science is preceded by defining nursing, science, research, and nursing theory-guided practice. The context for exploring the meaning of nursing science is provided through examination of the totality and simultaneity paradigms. Differing views of nursing as a discipline are discussed. The position is taken that nursing is a basic science with various nursing schools of thought that constitute the substantive knowledge of the discipline. Finally, a definition of nursing science is presented that is broad enough to encompass all disciplinary knowledge. Despite current challenges, an optimistic vision is emerging. The nurse theorists and other nurse scholars who are furthering the development of this work are considered to be the cultural creatives of nursing and contributors to a larger movement toward wholeness in science and in society.

Key Words: discipline of nursing • nursing research • nursing science • nursing theory • nursing theory-guided practice

Nursing Science Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 1, 51-60 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/089431840201500109
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