Dialectical Pluralism for Nursing Knowledge Development

Creat Nurs. 2023 Nov 19:10784535231213843. doi: 10.1177/10784535231213843. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of dialectical pluralism (DP) for nursing knowledge development. Nursing scholars have discussed ways of developing nursing knowledge, exploring the fit and relevance of various worldviews for knowledge development and examining the dynamic and perpetual processes of knowledge development. Scholars have argued that knowledge development occurs under a certain worldview to which the researcher adheres. Many nurses employ various worldviews, which can give rise to ontological and epistemological conflicts. DP can help nurses appreciate the diversity of worldviews and recognize the importance of implicit worldviews to generate more practical nursing knowledge. DP as a philosophical approach can enable nurses to communicate between diverse worldviews, become tolerant of conflicting differences, and develop an array of nursing knowledge.PMID:37981735 | DOI:10.1177/10784535231213843

Source: Creative Nursing - November 20, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Shahzad Inayat Graham McCaffrey Source Type: research