Timpson J
Manchester College of Midwifery and Nursing, Christie Hospital, Withington, England.
J Adv Nurs. 1996 May;23(5):1030-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1996.09224.x.
This paper explores the concept and utility of nursing theory in and for the practice of nursing. Working from the premise that many nurse practitioners appear uncertain as to the value of theory in relation to their everyday working experience, the paper investigates the contribution nursing theory makes in terms of sustaining and developing nursing as a practice discipline. The fact that nursing theory remains at once poorly evaluated, articulated or understood appears to be compounded by a general perception of nurse theorists as being removed from the realities of the practice setting and by the confusion precipitated, not least, by the semantic ambiguity engendered by their writings. The paper reviews the complex relationships extant between the development of nursing theory in regard to its utility for nursing practice, and concludes by suggesting a practice-led perspective by which nursing theory may be better articulated and assimilated within the discipline. In order to facilitate the study, it has been necessary to investigate the historical, theoretical and philosophical imperatives pertaining not only to the development of nursing theory but to nursing research and nursing practice per se.
本文探讨了护理理论在护理实践中的概念及效用。基于许多执业护士似乎不确定理论与其日常工作经验的价值这一前提，本文研究了护理理论在将护理作为一门实践学科进行维系和发展方面所做的贡献。护理理论仍然评价不佳、表述不清或理解不足，而人们普遍认为护理理论家脱离了实践环境的现实，以及他们的著作所产生的语义歧义引发的困惑，似乎使这一情况更加复杂。本文回顾了护理理论发展与其对护理实践的效用之间现存的复杂关系，并通过提出一种以实践为导向的观点来得出结论，通过这种观点，护理理论可以在该学科内得到更好的阐述和吸收。为了便于研究，有必要研究不仅与护理理论发展相关，而且与护理研究和护理实践本身相关的历史、理论和哲学要求。
