Risjord, Mark W., 1960- <br/><br/>
Nursing knowledge :  science, practice, and philosophy / 
Mark W. Risjord 
 - Chichester, England :  Wiley-Blackwell,  c2010 
 - xviii, 246 pages ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Prehistory of the problem -- Opening the relevance gap -- Toward a philosophy of nursing science -- Practice values and the disciplinary knowledge base -- Models of value-laden science -- Standpoint epistemology and nursing knowledge -- The nursing standpoint -- Logical positivism and mid-century philosophy of science -- Echoes in nursing -- Rejecting the received view. Postnursing theory inquiry -- The structure of theory -- Models, mechanisms, and middle-range theory -- Consequences of contextualism -- Conceptual models and the fate of grand theory -- The rise of qualitative research -- What is a paradigm? -- Methodological separatism and reconciliation -- Redrawing the map. 
<br/><br/> Nurses who conduct research have a longstanding interest in questions of nursing knowledge. Nursing Knowledge is a clear and well-informed exposition of the philosophical background to nursing theory and research. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405184342 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>NURSING -- PHILOSOPHY
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT 84.5 .R57 2010