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M E Conway

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PubMed1985

Toward greater specificity in defining nursing's metaparadigm.

The thesis presented is that nursing in its disciplinary context cannot appropriately be considered a concept in the metaparadigm of nursing science. Nursing as a discipline is guided by theories and prescriptions that emanate from puzzles solved in the domain of nursing science. Failure to distinguish between the science of nursing and its disciplinary aspects in building conceptual frameworks will retard the growth of science. The merits of three competing paradigms--normal science, historical facts, and social facts-are discussed. None of these paradigms is adequate for discovery in nursing science. Efforts to develop knowledge around the phenomena of central concern to nursing may advance more rapidly if theory building follows a set of rules, as yet undefined, that incorporates the methods of both normal science and historical tradition.

Holistic Health↗
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The optimal environment for socialization of the nurse-scientist.

Tangible elements or factors that contribute to the successful socialization of student scholars seeking the PhD degree in nursing are generally well known. Included among these are the university itself-its faculty, its resources, such as laboratories and libraries, and its research productivity. Less well known are some intangibles in the learning environment that make the difference between an acceptable learning environment and an optimal one, such as, the frequency and quality of informal interaction between faculty and students. The author identifies several characteristics of the pre-doctoral learning environment for nurse PhD students that faculty and administrators should seek to provide if they wish to support truly successful socialization of the scholar/scientist.

Education, Nursing, Graduate↗