The Ways of Knowing in Nursing

Fables: ways of knowing and understanding meaning in nursing.

Fables are literary short stories intended to convey a moral maxim for some aspect of human living. Within the discipline of nursing, a fable is a medium by which stories and themes of humanly lived phenomena may be viewed in light of a particular philosophical lens of understanding. The fable offers possibilities for instruction through illuminating fictitious characters and offering notions f...

the survey of the virtual higher education in iran and the ways of its development and improvement

این پژوهش با هدف "بررسی وضعیت موجود آموزش عالی مجازی در ایران و راههای توسعه و ارتقای آن " و با روش توصیفی-تحلیلی و پیمایشی صورت پذیرفته است. بررسی اسنادو مدارک موجود در زمینه آموزش مجازی نشان داد تعداد دانشجویان و مقاطع تحصیلی و رشته محل های دوره های الکترونیکی چندان مطلوب نبوده و از نظر کیفی نیز وضعیت شاخص خدمات آموزشی اساتید و وضعیت شبکه اینترنت در محیط آموزش مجازی نامطلوب است.

Experts ' ways of knowing

Ways of Knowing in Nursing: The Historical Evolution of a Concept

Using^ Rodger's (2000) model of concept analysis the historical evolution of ways of knowing in nursing will be discussed. The ways of knowing in nursing will be explored through their antecedents of learning styles and knowledge, their attributes, and their consequences. The primary focus of the article is the four ways or patterns of knowing in nursing identified by Carper (1978) which have b...

Ethical Knowing in Nursing

INTRODUCTION Nurses are constantly experiencing new ethical issues as a result of the global developments and changes in health care. Guidance is often needed in making ethical decisions in nursing practice. Development of nursing into a scientific discipline mandates that practice be based on theory. Thus, nursing theory is sought to provide insight to nurses in their ethical decision-making. ...