Nursing profession: a pragmatic discipline
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Background & Aim: The nursechr('39')s philosophical perspective affects his/her caring performance. Pragmatism is also an important philosophical thought. Pragmatism is often found in nursing texts, but few authors have discussed in depth its application in nursing. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to review the effects of pragmatism philosophy in the dimensions of knowledge, education, research, and clinical nursing. Methods: This study was one of the types of non-systematic narrative review articles. First, using the keywords nursing, pragmatism, knowledge, curriculum, education, teaching, inquiry, research, care, care, and based on the mesh system, using "AND" and "OR" indexes, to search for ISI, PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Finally, the search results included 12 books and 19 articles in the field of philosophy, philosophy in knowledge development, education, research and clinical practice of nursing and the basics of nursing. Results: The findings showed that nursing is described as a clinical or pragmatic profession; because pragmatism has been able to convert nursing into a pragmatic profession by influencing the process of knowledge production and development, applying it in practice, responsive education, applied research and maximum effective care and enables the nurses to contribute to the progress of humanity. Conclusion: Nursing and pragmatism have many common ideological and practical goals and themes. Pragmatism seeks to replace theories or paradigms by supporting the most appropriate action for the client. However, this approach has drawbacks that need to be addressed in practice.
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volume 8 issue 1
pages 82- 95
publication date 2020-08
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