The focus of the discipline of nursing.
The focus of nursing as a discipline has not been clearly defined but is emergent in the centrality of the concepts of caring and health. The authors propose a focus for nursing as a professional discipline in the form of a statement that identifies a domain of inquiry that reflects the social relevance and nature of its service. Several perspectives from which the focus can be studied are described. The authors assert that a unitary-transformative perspective is essential for the full explication of nursing knowledge.
Newman
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University of Minnesota, School of Nursing, Minneapolis.
Sime
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Corcoran-Perry
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D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012945:Social Values