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. 2015 Oct;28(4):330-3.
doi: 10.1177/0894318415599224.

Thoughts about the Name of Our Discipline

Jacqueline Fawcett  1 , Teri Aronowitz  2 , AbdulMuhsen AbuFannouneh  3 , Maysa' Al Usta  3 , Hannah E Fraley  3 , Mary Susan L Howlett  3 , Jasintha Titani Mtengezo  3 , James Muturi Muchira  3 , Adrianna Nava  3 , Saurja Thapa  3 , Yuqing Zhang  3
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Thoughts about the Name of Our Discipline

Jacqueline Fawcett et al. Nurs Sci Q. 2015 Oct.

Abstract

This essay addresses the name of our discipline. Discussion of the use of the term, nursology, focuses on the origin of the term, its use as a name for our discipline and its use as a research method and a practice methodology. Advantages and disadvantages of nursology as the name for our discipline are gleaned from PhD program students' responses to a question posed by Reed (1997).

Keywords: discipline; metaparadigm; nursing; nursology.

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