The Nature of Knowledge and Theory in Nursing
The Nature of Knowledge and Theory in Nursing is a scholarly work, published in 1986 in ''Journal of Nursing Scholarship''. The main subjects of the publication include focus, nursing theory, sociology, family centered care, engineering ethics, psychology, nursing research, academic discipline, nursing documentation, nursing, epistemology, and health policy. The paper examines the characteristics of theoretical constructs as they apply to the practice of nursing, the use of theory in that practice and the limitations of theory in application..