Over the past 50 years, nursing theorist has made the massive improvement in defining the nursing profession. They have worked tirelessly on defining the meaning, goals, and actions of nurses. They have paved the way for the nursing profession to be considered a scientific profession, we are valued and respected because of them. This thought leads me to the central question and how will I refute the statement “nursing should not borrow theories from other disciplines”.
Nursing is a profession that requires knowledge advancement (Brown, 2013). The objective of nursing is to set goals and achieve them. As nurses perform duties through their careers, new information surfaces. Be it information from within the nursing community or information from other professions. To stay current on how to care for our patients, we must stay current on the knowledge that is available. We owe it to our patients to be providing the best care known. To say we cannot use other knowledge says we cannot provide the best care. After all, we do not work in a bubble, we interact with other disciplines to ensure our patient is receiving all the care they need. It is the obligation of each discipline to …show more content…
The argument to the precious statement states that if nursing wants to develop, there must be some information that is borrowed from other disciplines (Brown, 2013). Why not look at borrowing theories as a way of improving the relationships between disciplines. This would provide a similar framework to handle patients in similar situations. We work with other disciplines all the time and we all hold the same desire and that is to provide the best care to our patients. An interesting statement in an article I read was “knowledge does not innately belong to any field of science”(Brown, 2013). I couldn’t agree more. The purpose of research is to share what you learn and advance
Nursing is a profession that requires knowledge advancement (Brown, 2013). The objective of nursing is to set goals and achieve them. As nurses perform duties through their careers, new information surfaces. Be it information from within the nursing community or information from other professions. To stay current on how to care for our patients, we must stay current on the knowledge that is available. We owe it to our patients to be providing the best care known. To say we cannot use other knowledge says we cannot provide the best care. After all, we do not work in a bubble, we interact with other disciplines to ensure our patient is receiving all the care they need. It is the obligation of each discipline to …show more content…
The argument to the precious statement states that if nursing wants to develop, there must be some information that is borrowed from other disciplines (Brown, 2013). Why not look at borrowing theories as a way of improving the relationships between disciplines. This would provide a similar framework to handle patients in similar situations. We work with other disciplines all the time and we all hold the same desire and that is to provide the best care to our patients. An interesting statement in an article I read was “knowledge does not innately belong to any field of science”(Brown, 2013). I couldn’t agree more. The purpose of research is to share what you learn and advance