A normative analysis of nursing knowledge

作者：Zanotti Renzo; Chiffi Daniele

来源：Nursing Inquiry, 2016, 23(1): 4-11.

DOI：10.1111/nin.12108

<jats:p>This study addresses the question of normative analysis of the value‐based aspects of nursing. In our perspective, values in science may be distinguished into (i) <jats:italic>epistemic</jats:italic> when related to the goals of truth and objectivity and (ii) <jats:italic>non‐epistemic</jats:italic> when related to social, cultural or political aspects. Furthermore, values can be called <jats:italic>constitutive</jats:italic> when necessary for a scientific enterprise, or <jats:italic>contextual</jats:italic> when contingently associated with science. Analysis of the roles of the various forms of values and models of knowledge translation provides the ground to understand the specific role of values in nursing. A conceptual framework has been built to classify some of the classical perspectives on nursing knowledge and to examine the relationships between values and different forms of knowledge in nursing. It follows that adopting a normative perspective in the analysis of nursing knowledge provides key elements to identify its proper dimension.</jats:p>

• 出版日期2016-3