Philosophical and theoretical content of the nursing discipline in academic education: A critical interpretive synthesis

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 57, Issue , 2017, Pages 74-81

  Rega, Maria Luisa ^a   Telaretti, Fabia ^b   Alvaro, Rosaria ^a   Kangasniemi, Mari ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Academic; Discipline; Education; Nursing; Philosophy; Theory

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CINAHL; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEDLINE; NURSE; NURSING DISCIPLINE; NURSING SCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY; SCOPUS; SKILL; SYNTHESIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISION; WEB OF SCIENCE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING THEORY; THINKING;

EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING THEORY; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; THINKING;

EID: 85025700777     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2017.07.001     Document Type: Review

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