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. 2021 Oct-Dec;44(4):368-383.
doi: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000379.

Complexities in Studying and Practicing Nursing-A Theoretical Elaboration Based on Reflections by Nurses and Nursing Students

Joakim Öhlén  1 , Annette Bramstång, Frida Lundin Gurné, Anneli Pihlgren, Marie Thonander, Marit Kirkevold
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Complexities in Studying and Practicing Nursing-A Theoretical Elaboration Based on Reflections by Nurses and Nursing Students

Joakim Öhlén et al. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2021 Oct-Dec.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore nursing students' and clinically active nurses' experiential ideas about nursing to provide a foundation for a critical reflection on the complexities involved in studying and practicing nursing. Using a participatory approach, 9 experiential ideas about nursing as a subject, nursing practice, and being a nurse were identified and reflected upon with a total of 238 participants. This was followed by a theoretical analysis in relation to the clinical gaze in nursing and epistemology, which ends in an argument for a rediscovery of the broader Aristotelian view of knowledge in nursing education and practice.

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