Weiss Charlotte R, Johnson-Koenke Rachel
College of Nursing, University of Colorado, Denver- Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO, USA.
Qual Health Res. 2023 Apr;33(5):388-399. doi: 10.1177/10497323231158619. Epub 2023 Feb 21.
Humans are continuously storying and re-storying themselves through language and socially organizing language into narratives to create meaning through experiences. Storytelling through narrative inquiry can bridge world experiences and co-create new moments in time that honor human patterns as wholeness and illuminate the potential for evolving consciousness. This article aims to introduce narrative inquiry methodology as a caring and relational research approach aligned with the worldview grounding Unitary Caring Science. This article uses nursing as an exemplar to inform other human science disciplines interested in using narrative inquiry in research, while defining essential components of narrative inquiry through the theoretical lens of Unitary Caring Science. By exploring research questions through this renewed understanding of narrative inquiry informed by the ontological and ethical tenets of Unitary Caring Science, healthcare disciplines will be knowledgeable and prepared to facilitate knowledge development to contribute to the sustainment of humanity and healthcare beyond eliminating the cause of illness and into the experience of living well with illness. The co-creative process of narrative inquiry as a caring and healing inquiry can guide collective wisdom, moral force, and emancipatory actions by seeing and valuing human experiences through an evolved holistic and humanizing lens.
人类通过语言不断地讲述自己的故事并重新讲述，将语言在社会层面组织成叙事，以便通过各种经历创造意义。通过叙事探究进行的故事讲述能够架起不同世界经历之间的桥梁，共同创造新的时刻，这些时刻尊重人类模式的整体性，并彰显意识进化的潜力。本文旨在介绍叙事探究方法，它是一种与统一关怀科学的世界观相一致的充满关怀且具有关联性的研究方法。本文以护理为例，为其他有兴趣在研究中运用叙事探究的人文科学学科提供参考，同时通过统一关怀科学的理论视角界定叙事探究的关键要素。通过依据统一关怀科学的本体论和伦理原则对叙事探究进行这种新的理解来探索研究问题，医疗保健学科将具备相关知识并做好准备，以促进知识发展，从而不仅消除疾病根源，还能在与疾病共存的过程中促进人类和医疗保健的可持续发展。叙事探究作为一种关怀与治愈性探究的共同创造过程，可以通过以一种进化的整体且人性化视角看待和重视人类经历，来引导集体智慧、道德力量和解放行动。
