Nursing Knowledge in the 21st Century: Domain-Derived and Basic Science Practice-Shaped

Brazilian nursing specific situation, middle and micro-range theories: a bibliometric study

OBJECTIVES

to map the nursing theories developed in stricto sensu graduate programs in nursing in Brazil.

METHODS

a bibliometric study, carried out on the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel Theses and Dissertations Portal in October 2023. The controlled descriptors "Nursing Theory" and "Nursing Models" and the uncontrolled descriptors "Theories" and "Middle-Range Theory" were used. Selected studies were cataloged for analysis, which was conducted by the study authors, who have a doctoral degree and expertise in research on nursing theories.

RESULTS

thirty-nine nursing theories were mapped, with a predominance of middle-range theories (79.5%), focusing on nursing diagnostic concepts and use of the theoretical-methodology strategy of theoretical-causal validity.

CONCLUSIONS

the study identified nursing theories developed in Brazil, recognizing trends, development strategies, theorized objects of disciplinary interest and investments necessary for practical application in Brazilian contexts.

A Qualitative Study of Midlevel Nurse Managers' Perspectives of Scholarly Inquiry

OBJECTIVE

This study explored the key characteristics and needs of midlevel nurse managers (MLNMs) who support and engage clinical nurses (CNs) in scholarly inquiry.

BACKGROUND

Healthcare organizations expect CNs to participate in scholarly inquiry, incorporating evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes and safety. How the MLNM supports and engages CNs in scholarly inquiry remains unclear.

METHODS

Twelve semistructured interviews of MLNMs occurred at several facilities in the mid-Atlantic region utilizing the institutional review board-acknowledged protocol. Theme interpretation utilized inductive analysis.

RESULTS

Four recurrent themes emerged from the interviews related to the value of scholarly inquiry: 1) securing organizational resources to promote scholarly inquiry; 2) knowledge and experience in scholarly inquiry; 3) actions supporting scholarly inquiry; and 4) the value of scholarly inquiry within the organization.

CONCLUSIONS

Senior nursing leadership and healthcare organizations must recognize the value and provide the infrastructure to support scholarly inquiry. Infrastructure includes education, dedicated time, access to expertise, and resources.

Theory-based evaluation and programme theories in nursing: A discussion on the occasion of the updated Medical Research Council (MRC) Framework

Developing and evaluating health interventions for the benefit of patients is notoriously difficult. This also applies to the discipline of nursing, owing to the complexity of nursing interventions. Following significant revision, the updated guidance of the Medical Research Council (MRC) adopts a pluralistic view to intervention development and evaluation, including a theory-based perspective. This perspective promotes the use of program theory, aiming to understand how and under what circumstances interventions lead to change. In this discussion paper, we reflect the recommended use of program theory in the context of evaluation studies addressing complex nursing interventions. First, we review the literature by investigating the question whether and how evaluation studies targeting complex interventions used theory and to what extent program theories may contribute to enhance the theoretical foundations of intervention studies in nursing. Second, we illustrate the nature of theory-based evaluation and program theories. Third, we argue how this may impact theory building in nursing in general. We finish by discussing which resources, skills and competencies are necessary to fulfill the demanding task of undertaking theory-based evaluations. We caution against an oversimplified interpretation of the updated MRC guidance regarding the theory-based perspective, e.g. by using simple linear logic models, rather than articulating program theories. Instead, we encourage researchers to embrace the corresponding methodology, i.e. theory-based evaluation. With the prevailing perspective of knowledge production in crisis, we might be on the verge of a paradigm shift in health intervention research. Viewed through this lens, the updated MRC guidance could lead to a renewed understanding of what constitutes useful knowledge in nursing. This may facilitate knowledge production and, thereby, contribute to improve nursing practice for the benefit of the patient.

The American Academy of Nursing 50th Anniversary of the Nursing Theory Guided Practice Expert Panel (NTGPEP): Exploring the Past-Re-envisioning the Future

The Nursing Theory-Guided Practice Expert Panel (NTGP-EP), one of the 14 Expert Panels, is officially designated to advance the mission and strategic goals of the American Academy of Nursing. The NTGP-EP has created a forum for dialogue among nurse scholars interested in advancing nursing theory to promote health and wellbecoming. The purpose of this paper is to share the important work of the NTGP-EP and its history, contributions, and accomplishments, and to propose a member-driven agenda to re-envision our preferred future and the impact of the use of nursing theory to guide nursing education, research, practice, and policy.

Toward a theorizing strategy with components of terminologies, classifications, and nursing theories

PURPOSE

This article describes a theorizing strategy that integrates the components of classifications or terminologies with elements of grand or middle-range theories.

METHODS

The source of metatheoretical data to support the strategy was the levels of theories by Dickoff et al. (1968). Terminological data sources were professional classifications and terminologies.

FINDINGS

The authors synthesized data and philosophical, metatheoretical, theoretical, and terminological knowledge from primary sources on the subject to construct arguments and demonstrate suitable links.

CONCLUSIONS

The proposal presented in this article of a strategy for building theories integrates theories and classifications or standardized nomenclatures. It applies levels of theorization: scrutiny of phenomena, description, conceptualization, naming, relationship, modeling, and operationalization to achieve higher levels of explanatory, predictive, and prescriptive properties on generated theory.

IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE

The implications for practice and research are connected to the theorizing strategy proposed in this article. We assume that using professional language at all levels of theorization can ensure that the concepts generated are closer to clinical practice.

A Nurse Theorist's Life of Providence: A Dialogue With Sister Callista Roy

The year 2022 is Nursing Science Quarterly's 35th year in publication, and we are dialoging with nurse theorists. We hope to uncover influences and origins of their theoretical thinking and hear about their current projects related to nursing science. In this scholarly dialogue column, we dialogue with Sister Callista Roy, nurse theorist, retired professor at Mount Saint Mary's University and Professor Emeritus at Boston College Connell School of Nursing. Her contribution to nursing science began in her master's program and her Roy adaptation model (RAM) has been the foundation for countless studies across at least five continents, nursing programs, and implementation practice projects.

Keeping the Nurse in the Nurse Practitioner: Returning to Our Disciplinary Roots of Knowing in Nursing

Nurse practitioners are a vital and growing body of primary healthcare providers. The ever-changing advancements in science and technology and the increasing complexities in health care delivery are significant factors culminating in the expanding role of nurse practitioner-led care. Nurse educators are striving to develop nurse practitioner curricula to keep pace with the increasingly sophisticated knowledge and competencies nurse practitioners must possess to render safe quality care as independent primary health care providers. However, nursing theory is losing its place as a formative foundation in nurse practitioner curricula. Multiple factors such as content-laden, competency-based, medically focused education have caused a diminishing presence of nursing theory, shrinking the philosophical basis for nursing in nurse practitioner education. The loss of the central unifying focus of the discipline and discipline-specific knowledge (nursology) risks losing the very identity that forms the basis and relevance for nurse practitioner practice. Moreover, the loss of the nurse in the nurse practitioner unmoors nurse practitioner practice from its theoretical and scientific basis, losing discipline-specific attributes that lead to higher levels of patient satisfaction and improved patient outcomes. Keeping the nurse in the nurse practitioner is a moral imperative in nurses' ethical and social contract with society. This article discusses relevant literature and offers recommendations to keep the nurse in the nurse practitioner.

Transformar la asistencia de necesidad básica en un momento de cuidado

Introducción. Conocer y atender debidamente las necesidades de un ser humano en medio de su vulnerabilidad continúa siendo un reto vigente. Objetivo. Describir la transformación de la “Atención a las necesidades básicas” en un momento de cuidado de enfermería para favorecer la adaptación del paciente y su cuidador familiar durante la hospitalización, en la Clínica Universidad de La Sabana, para el periodo 2018-2019. Método. Esta es una investigación metodológica en enfermería, realizada bajo lineamientos del Modelo de Enfermería Universidad de La Sabana, que incluyó cuatro fases. Resultados. Es preciso que la atención a las necesidades básicas sea respaldada en la mejor evidencia disponible, y con un trato humanizado. Hacer visible este proceso permitió medirlo y mejorarlo. Conclusiones. Para brindar un cuidado humano y seguro, no basta la buena intención, es necesario garantizar dos condiciones; por un lado, el compromiso requerido para soportarlo con la mejor evidencia disponible, aumentando la calidad del cuidado y la calidez o tono humano; y, por otro, el respeto y reconocimiento de la dignidad de las personas, favoreciendo el vínculo con ellas y su autonomía, lo que a su vez repercute positivamente en el desarrollo de la enfermería.

Fortalecer la coordinación de enfermería para mejorar el cuidado hospitalario

Introducción: La coordinación adecuada para organizar la atención de enfermería a nivel hospitalario es decisiva frente al servicio que se ofrece a los sujetos de cuidado y al mejoramiento permanente de la institución. Objetivo: Describir qué dice la literatura mundial sobre cómo fortalecer el rol de coordinación de enfermería a nivel hospitalario. Materiales y Métodos: Búsqueda integradora de literatura bajo parámetros de Ganong, con publicaciones arbitradas, observación de seis años, sin límites geográficos, en idiomas inglés, español y portugués.  Resultados: De acuerdo con la literatura surgen tres categorías que incluyen: características del rol de coordinador de enfermería; impacto de esta coordinación en los resultados frente al sujeto de cuidado; y estrategias para fortalecer el rol de coordinación dentro de la institución. La evidencia que respalda el desarrollo de la coordinación de enfermería en el hospital es débil, con una mayoría de estudios de tipo descriptivo. Discusión: La coordinación de enfermería debe articular la dirección y la operación en el hospital y para ello requiere conocer y acompañar la directriz institucional a mediano y largo plazo y manejar estrategias de motivación y acompañamiento para facilitar su logro. Conclusiones:  En una institución hospitalaria, la enfermera coordinadora debe mantener el norte en medio de la cotidianeidad de la asistencia; acompañar y motivar al personal a su cargo mediante competencias de liderazgo, trabajo en equipo y conocimiento clínico e institucional.  Requiere para el ejercicio de su rol, proyectar el cambio y mantener un pensamiento integrador. Como citar este artículo: Laverde Contreras Olga Lucia, Sánchez Herrera Beatriz. Fortalecer la coordinación de enfermería para mejorar el cuidado hospitalario. Revista Cuidarte. 2020; 11(2): e826. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.826