Translating Authentic Nursing Knowledge From One Era to Another

As time passes, concepts change. The risk to nursing theories is that concepts can shift so far away from a theorist’s originally intended meaning that future scholars might misunderstand or misuse what will become historically time-bound theories. To preserve authentic nursing knowledge, the proces...

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Published in:Nursing science quarterly 2023-01, Vol.36 (1), p.51-57
Main Author: Hanna, Debra R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
COVID-19
Humans
Nursing Theory
Pandemics
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Summary:As time passes, concepts change. The risk to nursing theories is that concepts can shift so far away from a theorist’s originally intended meaning that future scholars might misunderstand or misuse what will become historically time-bound theories. To preserve authentic nursing knowledge, the process of conceptual matching and translation is proposed. Two thought experiments are used to demonstrate conceptual translation.
ISSN:0894-3184
1552-7409
DOI:10.1177/08943184221131972