The Nursing Science, And Science Of Nursing

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Nursing is a systematic science which encompasses intellectual and practical activities that study the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world of caring for diseased patients in a hospital or clinical setting through observation and experiment. The issue about the difference between the “Nursing Science” and “Science of Nursing” had recently been addressed at a meeting of international scholars in Europe when the discussion of the idea of advancing nursing knowledge was held. Most of the attended personnel at the conference were certain that “Nursing Science” connotes and denotes the unique aggregation of knowledge planted in the extant nursing structure and theories that is developed continuously through research and creative …show more content…

It definitely did not seem to have the same meaning as nursing science. Many participants seemed to believe that the construct “Science of Nursing” was related to government or other agencies funded projects of research that focus on the concern with attributes and characteristics of disease-related situations in populations and with issues surrounding healthcare systems. Broome (2014) seemed to agree when she wrote about the nursing research “funding dilemma.” She said in her editorial, “Revisioning the Science of Nursing,” that nurse scientists study health problems and generate “knowledge, interventions, and measurement models for important health issues, such as transitions of care, caregiving stress and stress management, improving quality of life in chronic illness, pain assessment and management, and normalization in families of individuals with chronic illness” (p. 160). Either way through deduction we can qualify Nursing as being a …show more content…

The nursing science is a systematic study which encompasses intellectual and practical activities that focuses on the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world of caring for diseased patients in a hospital or clinical setting through observation and experiment. Nursing is also an art. The art of nursing is a mixture of personality and professionalism, focused around a holistic approach to health care. There seems to be a love and hate relationship between nurses and technology. They love when it helps, and not when it doesn’t help. Now, with the advancement of technology, more disabled person are able to become nurses. Humans are potentially caring. Also caring can be described as an interpersonal relationship between the nurse and the patient. Vulnerable conversations can be avoided or contained if handled properly with professionalism and care. An ethical whistle blower is someone who does not tolerate unethical behaviors and speaks up about

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