Nursing Discussion Post

The discussion posts are very long.  Just make sure to answer every question and reference each source listed under each discussion post. If you feel like a reference from one discussion is useful for a different discussion, it is okay to reference it additionally. 

Use in-text citations each source listed under each discussion. When referencing the textbook, the in-text citation should include the page number or the chapter. Don’t worry about doing a References section unless you use a source that I haven’t listed! Just do in-text citations and I’ll do the References section. 

Example Discussion Post

Broome (2011) wrote, “…doing can easily overshadow the business of doing science and creating knowledge. At a recent professional meeting, I sat in the audience and watched others at my table roll their eyes when the term nurse scientist was used by the speaker (Broome, 2011, p. 2).” Bruce, Rietze, & Lim (2014) wrote about anti-intellectualism in general and in Nursing. 

• Can you relate to Broome’s experience and to Bruce et al.’s premise? Have you experienced something similar to Broome or agree with Bruce and colleagues? What do you think contributes to these mindsets? Is it important to change them? What might be gained/lost if we do or do not?

Florence Nightingale is acknowledged as the founder of nursing not only because she distinguished the practices and paradigms of nurses from those of medicine, but because she brought nurses into the scientific arena as equals by laying groundwork for the progression of the profession. Ever since she began to record observations in a systematic way and return to those ideas with theories that she tested, the “doing” referred to by Broome (2011) was based on evidence that could be built upon (Smith, 2020, pp. 4-9). 

Professional nursing discussion post help

The different perspectives brought by nursing are important contributions for all healthcare professionals, but in order for the knowledge to be reputable, disseminated and integrated into practice, nursing researchers and scientists need equal recognition and support to contribute to the full extent of their potential (Broome, 2011).  

There is an assumption that because nurses practice within a scope, that is often limited compared to medicine, that nurses don’t have their own practices and philosophies.  Nursing has regressed in many systems where they are perceived by the leaders, the public, and even by themselves, as an army in the trenches with such a focus on efficiency that they don’t have time to think what it means to be a nurse. It is eroding the philosophy that is threaded through the world of any nurse. Thankfully, nursing knowledge is not merely derived from experiential learning, because many of newer nurses’ experiences lately have been one of internal conflict. The theory and the practice areas of nursing are connected just as much as the individual and professional areas are, and philosophy is employed to ascertain meaning from experience. Philosophy is a crucial component of the future of nursing because it empowers nurses to realize groundbreaking ideas of what our practice can look like, and to make theories and put forth new knowledge.  To continually improve nursing practice and remain leaders in our own domain, the focus should not shift away from the nurse scientists that wield the questions and requests of the multiple disciplines within (Bruce, Rietze, & Lim, 2014).  

References

Broome, M.E. (2011). The nurse scientist…A unique contribution to nursing’s future. Nursing Outlook, 59, 1-3.

Bruce, A., Rietze, L., & Lim, A. (2014). Understanding philosophy in a nurse’s world: What, where, and why. Nursing & Health, 2(3), 65-71

Smith, M. C. (Ed.) (2020). Nursing theories and practice (5th ed.). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis

Discussion 1

What is the main point you take from the assigned reading, The Dictatorship of Data? How do you think it relates to a course on nursing theories?

Relate “The Dictatorship of Data”  article to Chapter 1-4 of the textbook and the course objectives of the class which are:

1. Articulate a philosophical and theoretical foundation for advanced nursing practice. 

2. Integrate nursing science with knowledge from ethics, the biophysical, psychosocial and organizational sciences in the delivery of advanced nursing practice. 

3. Develop new practice approaches based on nursing theories and theories from other disciplines. 

4. Apply patterns of knowing to clinical problems envisioning desired outcomes. 

5. Apply a theoretical framework to a practice problem. 

6. Analyze the legal and ethical implications of utilizing human subjects for clinical research and quality improvement initiatives.