This article represents the authors' collaborative vision for a proposed structure for nursing knowledge. The authors created a vision by examining key elements of nursing epistemology and proposing a model based on the scholarly inquiry. The authors' proposal is substantiated by current existing theoretical frameworks, which were evaluated and modifi ed using deductive reasoning in supporting the creation of the proposed model. The authors provide three real life examples based on clinical experience to illustrate the connection of proposed concepts within the model to practice. In conclusion, the authors investigated the methods with which nurse theorists arrange recognized truths into a structure for nursing knowledge for research and practice.
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