The link between nursing discourses and nurses' silence: implications for a knowledge-based discourse for nursing practice.

Full Abstract

Much emphasis has been placed on the importance of nurses' articulating what they do to counteract the invisibility of nursing practice. Yet there has been minimal focus on why nurses are silent. This article explores the link between technical and caring discourses and nurses' silence and suggests an alternative discourse that conceptualizes nursing as a knowledge-driven enterprise that shifts the focus from what nurses do to what nurses know by promoting nurses' practice knowledge as a language for articulating their practice.

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Author/s: Canam, Connie J (CJ);

Affiliation: School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. connie.canam(-atsign-)nursing.ubc.ca

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: ANS. Advances in nursing science (ANS Adv Nurs Sci), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2008 Oct-Dec; vol 31 (issue 4) : pp 296-307

Dates: Created 2008/11/26; Completed 2009/03/09;

PMID: 19033745, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 3/10/2009, IMS Date: 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00)

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