For one, the proposed sociopolitical understanding in which to structure all other patterns of knowing is a crucial element of the future of nursing in a society increasingly driven by economics and globalization. Nurses must investigate and communicate other constructions of health, search for viable approaches that will further enable all parties concerned to actively partake in providing care, and create systems of shared authority for the coming years.
In practice environments, numerous nurses espoused the medical framework thinking so as to survive in organizations that give high regard to scientism and physicians—but fail to recognize teaching, caring, and the healing practices conducted by nurses. Finally, exploration and appreciation of all the patterns of knowing in nursing and their connections can share to the future development and communication of the nursing practice and nurses’ rightful place in defining the future of nurses, the nursing practice and health care in all care settings.
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