title: ["Out of interest in reasonable conditions... " Relevance and constitutive elements of a critical theory in nursing science].
abstract: Nursing practice needs a theoretical foundation. As in any other discipline, theories form the core of nursing science. They contribute to the definition of nursing and to the evolution of professional domains. Depending on their level of abstraction and their range ("grand theories") they can guide actions, have an orientating, but also a critical function. Furthermore, theories serve to legitimate and justify nursing in the public. This is especially important, if politics and society have high expectations in the nursing profession. The current concept of a critical theory of nursing science has a critical focus on repressions and deficits in nursing practice, but also is aimed at achieving reasonable nursing practice. This theory is emancipatorical and normative as well. It is following Foucault's analysis of power and explicating the "Frankfurt School of Critical Theory" as a critique of the conditions of working, understanding, recognising, self, time and nature.
authors.affiliation: heiner@friesacher.de
authors.forename: Heiner
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Friesacher
mesh_terms: D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum / Q000639:trends; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D009742:Nursing Theory