Summary
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This volume provides an in-depth and global study of nursing as a profession. The contributors project patterns about nursing now in to the future and present their views on how the profession should go advance. This volume contains 78 original chapters by 105 contributing authors, many of whom are elected Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing.
Nursing Theory
“…And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black…”
Frost's lines can imply that numerous methodologies are available for developing nursing knowledge. Further, they may suggest that paths of theory construction are relatively fresh and untrodden, hinting that the state of theory development and application is virtually virgin territory.
The disparate views and approaches of the authors in this Part clearly show that diversity is healthy. In many respects the variation allows the professional to meditate on the value of developing an empirical base for knowledge and practice. Are all the approaches illustrated in these chapters of equal value? How important for nursing is it to engage in dialogue about advances and methodologies?
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