title: Prevailing paradigms in nursing.
abstract: The paradigm issues in nursing need to be sorted out and the focus of nursing as a professional discipline addressed. The challenge is to identify and to agree on the central question and to clarify scientific values and methods.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D016294:Models, Nursing; D009729:Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D015399:Nursing Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing