Dimensions of Scholarship and the Advancement of Nursing Science: Articulating a Vision

Abstract

Nursing science, if defined as only the works emanating from the totality and simultaneity paradigms, cannot be said to have had a transformed nursing practice. Indeed, general acceptance of nursing theory as that which guides inquiry, education, and practice in nursing has not been achieved. In this column, the author calls for a more inclusive conceptualization of nursing science, beyond the acknowledged intradisciplinary paradigms. Nursing is posited as a human science with multiple paradigms, and two new paradigms are proposed. Finally, the author calls for an educational renaissance in nursing and establishment of a more scholarly trajectory toward entry into the profession.

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