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1. Utilizes in its Practice a well defined and well organized body of specialized knowledge
that is on the intellectual level of the higher learning
2. constantly enlarges the body of knowledge its uses and imporve its techniquesof
education & service to the used of scientifc education and service thro ugh the nuse of
scientific method .
3. Entrust the educaiton of its practitioners to institutions of higher education
4. applies its body of knowledge in practical services vital to huamn and social welfare
5. functions autonomously in in the formulation of professionalpolicy and therby in the
control of professional activity.
6. attract imndividual with intellectual & personal qualities of exalting service above
personal gain who recognize their chosen occupation as a life work
7. strives to compensate its practitioners by providing freedomof action ,opportunity for
continuous professional growth & economic security.
History of nursing Science
• Philosophy in its broadest sense is wondering and being curious about the big or
fundamental questions that human s has grappled with throughout history .
• Questions about what is real (Ontology)
• What is knowable (epistimology
• Is this just (Ethics)
• Is there an art to caring (Aesthetics) re considered indespensible reflections in nursing
practice(Bruce,Rietze,Lim ,2014)
• Science is a method for describing ,explaining ,and predicting causes or outcomes of
interventions
• Scientific activity has helped to stablish the evidence we use to guide practice in the delivery
of nursing care.
• Bronowski ,1979,Piaget 1970 ,Gale 1979 Desired to understand the unknown and identify
the cause ,the effect ,and the significant difference that an intervention can make to increase
the longetivity of Life
• In 1960 Nursing leaders have strategized scientific discipline which mean identifying nursing
unique knowledge for the care of patients ,families and communities.
Historical view of the nature of Science