NURS 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Paradigm Shift, Shared Belief
26 Mar 2016
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Discipline is distinguished by a domain of inquiry that represents a shared belief among its members regarding its reason for being. Discipline identified by a focus statement in the form of a simple sentence that specifies the area of study. A professional discipline is defined by social relevance and value orientations o. Focus derived from a belief and value system about the professions" social commitment, nature of its service and area of responsibility for knowledge development. Knowledge development within a discipline may proceed from several worldviews. Concentrated emphasis on two concepts as central to nursing- health and caring: watson- caring as healing, benner- link caring with health and well-being o. Nursing is a study of caring in the human health experience. Knowledge development, commitment to caring as a moral duty. A body of knowledge that does not include caring and human health experience is not nursing knowledge.
