Abu-Saad H H
Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, Department of Nursing Science, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Int J Nurs Stud. 1993 Jun;30(3):287-94. doi: 10.1016/0020-7489(93)90038-v.
A brief outline of the significant developments of the nursing profession is given. This is followed by a description of the domain of nursing and the nature of the phenomenon studied by nurse scientists. Excellence in science and its importance in developing nursing's body of knowledge is discussed and strategies are given on how to enhance it. The paper ends by analyzing the contributions that nursing science has made on the developments in nursing research, nursing education, nursing administration and nursing practice. Strategies which the author sees as enhancing the relationship between the science and the practice of nursing are further elaborated and discussed. The author ends with a plea that more attention should be paid at present to the substance of the nursing phenomenon studied.
本文给出了护理专业重大发展的简要概述。接下来描述了护理领域以及护理科学家所研究现象的本质。讨论了科学卓越性及其在发展护理知识体系中的重要性，并给出了如何提升它的策略。本文最后分析了护理科学对护理研究、护理教育、护理管理和护理实践发展所做的贡献。作者认为能够加强护理科学与实践之间关系的策略得到了进一步阐述和讨论。作者最后呼吁目前应更多关注所研究护理现象的实质。
