NSG4310

Knowledge development in nursing

Ms J Oates

6 points · 3 hours per week · Second semester · Peninsula

Objectives On completion of this subject students are expected to situate the nursing discipline within a socio-historical context; identify the key concepts, values and orientations that characterise nursing as a practice discipline; describe the multiple ways of developing nursing knowledge; compare and contrast competing conceptualisations underpinning extant knowledge in nursing; reflect on personal values and experiences as an important source of knowledge for nursing; discuss and debate contemporary issues in the nursing discipline; demonstrate an ability to use various information sources, including information technology relevant to the nursing discipline.

Synopsis This subject introduces students to the philosophical and historical background of nursing knowledge development. The subject traces the emergence of nursing as a discipline, and alternate paths for its future. Contemporary theoretical and practical issues are discussed and debated in the subject with student participation in the discussion maximised.

Assessment Group presentation: 20% · Individual paper: 30% · Written assignment: 50%

Prescribed texts

Robinson K and Vaughan B Knowledge for nursing practice Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992

Recommended texts

Gray G and Pratt R (eds) Towards a discipline of nursing Churchill Livingstone, 1991

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