Re-collecting and 'thinking' the story of New Zealand's postgraduate nursing scholarship development.
Nursing in New Zealand has undergone a rapid rise of postgraduate scholarly development over the past four decades. Early nurse scholars had no choice but to study university papers outside the discipline of nursing. Their reflections show how much their thinking was sparked by such experiences. On the other hand, the excitement of nursing finding its own body of knowledge and moving into research is also recalled. Hermeneutic analysis of these two aspects encourages 'thinking' of how postgraduate education gets shaped. The discussion draws on Heidegger's notion that it is the void of the jug that holds the fluid - what goes into the jug itself (postgraduate learning) is often discretionary.
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Division of Health Care Practice, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D017144:Focus Groups; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009520:New Zealand; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013850:Thinking