Abstract

RODRIGUEZ-BUSTAMANTE, Pavel  and  BAEZ-HERNANDEZ, Francisco Javier. Epistemology of the nursing profession. Ene. [online]. 2020, vol.14, n.2, 14213.  Epub Jan 25, 2021. ISSN 1988-348X.

The epistemological framework of the nursing discipline is summarized in two knowledge structures (theoretical and practical). The first one focused on science and theoretical elements; the second one considered as the art of the discipline through the practical dimensions and the patterns of the nurse knowledge. The objective of this article is to describe and analyze the nursing epistemological framework, for this the structural proposals of Fawcett, Smith and Liehr, and Kérouac were contrasted in representation of the theoretical knowledge, likewise, the practical dimensions of nursing were linked with the knowledge patterns, to analyze the practical knowledge.

Keywords : knowledge; nursing; philosophy nursing; models nursing; nursing theory.

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