Abstract
Background: Nursing as clinical practice, management and research are based on nursing philosophy and theory.
Thus, the philosophical and theoretical content is required to be incorporated in academic education in order to
enable nurses' skills for reflection, analysis, and thinking about the profession.
Objective: The aim of this review was to describe what is known of the philosophical and theoretical content of
the nursing discipline within academic education.
Design: A critical interpretive synthesis (CIS).
Methods: Electronic searches were performed across four databases, CINAHL, Scopus, Medline, and Web of
Science, for papers published in English from 1980 to 2016. The selection of original articles was based on
stages, and inclusion and exclusion criteria were used. Quality of the selected papers were evaluated by method
sensitive appraisal criteria. The five phases of CIS were used to combine the selected data.
Results: The searches resulted 9148 titles, whereas 13 were selected. Nurses need philosophical and theoretical
education in order to be aware of human health and explain the complexity of the human experience of illness.
The philosophy of science, the philosophy of care, and theory development were highlighted as the key contents
in nursing academic education as these subjects are central to the discipline that ensures that nurses acquire
advanced skills. A model was developed that linked disciplinary issues the progression nursing science through
the influence of advanced skills.
Conclusions: Based on the findings in this study the philosophical and theoretical content of nursing discipline
crates a basis for the academic education and enables a professional and exclusive vision for nurses. It provides
an overall understanding of people's lives and support nurses to achieve deeper awareness of the meaning of
illness and health in a person lifespan what is needed on the evidence-based decision making.
| Lingua originale | English |
|---|---|
| pagine (da-a) | 74-81 |
| Numero di pagine | 8 |
| Rivista | Nurse Education Today |
| Volume | 57 |
| DOI | |
| Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2017 |
| Pubblicato esternamente | Sì |
Keywords
- Academic Discipline Education Nursing Philosophy Theory
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