Reed Pamela G
College of Nursing, The University of Arizona, Tucson.
ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2019 Jan/Mar;42(1):17-27. doi: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000249.
Nursing is not only a professional practice, it is a scientific practice as well. One aspect of this practice involves development of scientific theory. In this article, I present a philosophical perspective called intermodernism for considering the content, structure, and process of scientific theory. Three types of theory structure are reviewed along with descriptions of the use of models and mechanisms in knowledge development. Practice is championed as a context that informs theory development as well as a context of theory validation and application.
护理不仅是一种专业实践，也是一种科学实践。这种实践的一个方面涉及科学理论的发展。在本文中，我提出了一种名为“后现代主义”的哲学视角，用于思考科学理论的内容、结构和过程。回顾了三种理论结构类型，并描述了模型和机制在知识发展中的应用。实践被视为为理论发展提供信息的背景，以及理论验证和应用的背景而受到推崇。
