Belitung Nursing Journal
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2018): January - February

TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF NURSING KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT

Le Thi Thanh Tuyen (Da Nang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy, 99 Hung Vuong, Da Nang, Vietnam)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Feb 2018

Abstract

As nurses, we seek to better understand how to apply nursing knowledge in our daily practice. Nowadays, the term philosophy is widening used in many areas, including nursing. However, there is existence of unclear understanding about nursing knowledge development derived from standpoint of philosophical and methodological perspectives. This article discusses about this issue and mainly focus on empiricism, post positivistic view, the philosophy of Buddhism and an example related to asthma.

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bnj

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Subject

Nursing

Description

BNJ contributes to the advancement of evidence-based nursing, midwifery and healthcare by disseminating high quality research and scholarship of contemporary relevance and with potential to advance knowledge for practice, education, management or policy. BNJ welcomes submissions of evidence-based ...