[Myths, challenges, and fallacies in nursing research].
Upon the completion of 25 years of the integration of Nursing in the Spanish University system, this author presents a reflection on the role of research in nursing professional development and the consolidation of nursing as a university field. After tearing down the negative mythology which surrounds research in nursing, the author develops what he considers are the three main challenges at the start of this new millennium: to make visible the potential researchers in the field of Nursing, construct Nursing by manes of research, and utilize research as a method to emancipate Nursing. At the end of his article, the author proposes using the critical spirit which develops during a research exercise in order to think critically about the system, with a goal to adopt an intellectual compromise to provide scientifically valid response to the contradictions in the hegemonic medical system, favoring the democratization of health care.
Manuel
M
Amezcua
D015399:Nursing Research / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D013030:Spain