Phenomenon development from practice to research.

One of the most prudent and efficient ways of conquering the task of developing new knowledge, is the utilization of practice to find phenomena. The purpose of this column is to present the construction of a phenomenon to be utilized for future study and explication utilizing this format. New nursing knowledge was developed by constructing a practice situation, identifying a phenomenon of interest, grounding the phenomenon in the focus of the discipline, and defining concepts related to the phenomenon. Through this evolutionary process one is able to identify a phenomenon to focus on, apply it to a particular population, ground it in theory, and lastly develop it into the foundation of future research.