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E Hamrin. 1993. Why documentation?. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6712.1993.tb00201.x
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This article focuses on the implications for nursing of philosophy of science. The relation between the dimensions of research in nursing, paradigms in nursing and the philosophy of science are explained as background. Models of philosophies of science are described, namely positivism, critical rationalism, Kuhn's historical approach, the phenomenological approach, hermeneutics, critical theory, scientific realism and post-modernism. The implications of each of these models are described within nursing as a science.
Nursing practice is guided by a variety of theoretical models. Therefore, nursing theories are commonly selected by service institutions to focus practice. Both Rogers and Peplau made major contributions to the theory and practice of nursing, and both are appropriate models for the discipline of psychiatric and mental health nursing. This article explores the grand theory of Martha Rogers in conjunction with the use of the middle-range theory of Hildegard Peplau. Points of resonance, theoretical fit, and differences between theories are discussed. Appropriateness to practice of both theories are identified and the need for both perspectives is articulated.
This article identifies the nursing journal club as an important mechanism for the evaluation and utilization of nursing research. It explores the CNS's role in introducing critical appraisal skills and concepts of research utilization to staff. Benner's developmental model for clinical practitioners is suggested as a framework for the appropriate introduction of research. Guidelines for developing and managing a journal club are presented, as well as suggestions for research critique tools and research utilization models.