A Gadamerian approach to nursing: Merging philosophy with practice.
Hans-Georg Gadamer
Hubert Dreyfus
Patricia Benner
hermeneutics
phenomenology
Journal
Nursing philosophy : an international journal for healthcare professionals
ISSN: 1466-769X
Titre abrégé: Nurs Philos
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100897394
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
13 Jun 2023
13 Jun 2023
Historique:
revised:
25
04
2023
received:
02
01
2023
accepted:
01
06
2023
medline:
14
6
2023
pubmed:
14
6
2023
entrez:
14
6
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Philosophy is commonly criticized for being too abstract and detached from practical spheres. Upon chronicling how philosophy has gained this reputation, the authors explore the philosophical fields of phenomenology and hermeneutics that have explicitly attempted to merge philosophy with everyday life contexts. In recent decades, phenomenology and hermeneutics have been applied to healthcare. In the realm of nursing, Patricia Benner's nursing theory is especially informed by phenomenology, which is briefly explored through her relationship with one of her mentors, the philosopher Hubert Dreyfus. The authors then turn their attention to Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophy in an attempt to mine concepts relevant to the practice of nursing. Gadamer juxtaposed the human sciences from the natural sciences and thought that both needed different approaches: whereas natural sciences are guided by episteme, that is, universal knowledge, human sciences are guided by phronesis, that is, practical wisdom. Gadamer's philosophy is especially helpful in understanding how to cultivate phronesis in nursing wherein a nurse relies upon one's clinical experience to masterfully navigate each unique patient relationship. Nurses must serve as authorities in the realm of healthcare but also be open to the authority of their patients, who ultimately choose their course of treatment in our contemporary era of patient autonomy. Gadamer's philosophy can help us understand why phronesis requires not only practice but also reflection on that practice to be appropriately cultivated. The authors apply this to the realm of nursing in showing how both practice-clinically and via simulation-and reflection-through journaling or dialogue-are necessary for phronesis to emerge.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e12453Informations de copyright
© 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Références
Aristophanes. (1997). In M. C. Marianetti (Ed. & Trans), The clouds. University Press of America.
Aristotle. (1943). In B. Jowett (Ed. & Trans.), Politics. Random House.
Aristotle. (2009). In L. Brown & D. Ross (Ed. & Trans.), The Nicomachean ethics. Oxford University Press.
Babich, B. (2018). Philosophy bakes no bread. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 48(1), 47-55. https://doi.org/10.1177/0048393117740827
Benner, P. (1984). From novice to expert: Excellence and power in clinical nursing practice. Addison-Wesley Publishing.
Benner, P., & Benner, P. (1982). From novice to expert. The American Journal of Nursing, 82(3), 402-407.
Butler, R., Monsalve, M., Thomas, G. W., Herman, T., Segre, A. M., Polgreen, P. M., & Suneja, M. (2018). Estimating time physicians and other health care workers spend with patients in an intensive care unit using a sensor network. The American Journal of Medicine, 131(8), 972.e9-972.e15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.03.015
Carel, H. (2012). Phenomenology as a resource for patients. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 37(2), 96-113.
Chow, S. K. Y., Wong, L. T. W., Chan, Y. K., & Chung, T. Y. (2014). The impact and importance of clinical learning experience in supporting nursing students in end-of-life care: Cluster analysis. Nurse Education in Practice, 14(5), 532-537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2014.05.006
Davies, H., Sundin, D., Robinson, S., & Jacob, E. (2021). Does participation in extended immersive ward-based simulation improve the preparedness of undergraduate bachelor's degree nursing students to be ready for clinical practice as a registered nurse? An integrative literature review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 30(19-20), 2897-2911. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15796
Dreyfus, H. (1992). What computers still can't do. MIT Press.
Dreyfus, H. L. (1980). Holism and hermeneutics. The Review of Metaphysics, 34(1), 2-23.
Dreyfus, H. L. (1991). Being-in-the-world: A commentary on Heidegger'sbeing and time, division I. MIT Press.
Gadamer, H.-G. (1996). In J. Gaiger & N. Walker (Eds. & Trans.), The enigma of health: The art of healing in a scientific age. Stanford University Press.
Gadamer, H.-G. (2004). In J. Weinsheimer & D. G. Marshall (Eds. & Trans.), Truth and method (2nd ed.). Continuum.
Galutira, G. D. (2018). Theory of reflective practice in nursing. International Journal of Nursing Science, 8(3), 51-56. https://doi.org/10.5923/j.nursing.20180803.02
Heidegger, M. (2001). In M. Boss, F. May & R. Askay (Eds. & Trans.), Zollikon seminars: Protocols-Conversations-Letters. Northwestern University Press.
Heidegger, M. (2014). In G. Fried, & R. Polt (Eds. & Trans.), Introduction to metaphysics (2nd ed.). Yale University Press.
Husserl, E. (1996). Phenomenology. In R. Kearney & M. Rainwater (Eds.), The continental philosophy reader (pp. 15-22). Routledge.
Husserl, E. (1900/2001). In J. N. Findlay (Ed. &Trans.), Logical investigations (Vol. 1). Routledge. (Original work published in 1900).
Jaspers, K. (1989). The physician in the technological age. Theoretical Medicine, 10(3), 251-267.
Jenner, C. A. (1997). The art of nursing: A concept analysis. Nursing Forum, 32(4), 5-11.
Julnes, S. G., Myrvang, T., Reitan, L. S., Rønning, G., & Vatne, S. (2022). Nurse leaders' experiences of professional responsibility towards developing nursing competence in general wards: A qualitative study. Journal of Nursing Management, 30(7), 2743-2750. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.13745
Khader, K. A., Jarrah, S. S., & Alasad, J. (2010). Influence of nurses' characteristics and education on their attitudes toward death and dying: A review of the literature. International Journal of Nursing Midwifery, 2(10), 1-9. https://www.academicjournals.org/ijnm
Kilbride, M. K., & Joffe, S. (2018). The new age of patient autonomy. Journal of the American Medical Association, 320(19), 1973-1974.
Lubbe, W., & Botha, C. S. (2020). The dimensions of reflective practice: A teacher educator's and nurse educator's perspective. Reflective Practice, 21(3), 287-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623943.2020.1738369
Marx, K. (1977). In D. McLellan (Ed.), Selected writings. Oxford University Press.
Marx, K., & Engels, F. (1998). The German ideology. Prometheus Books.
Moran, D. (2011). Gadamer and Husserl on horizon, intersubjectivity, and the life-world. In A. Wierciński (Ed.), Gadamer's Hermeneutics and the art of conversation (pp. 73-94). Lit Verlag.
Navia, L. E. (2009). Socrates: A life examined. Prometheus.
Plato. (1997). In J. M. Cooper (Ed.), Complete works. Hackett.
Rentmeester, C. (2018). Heidegger, communication, and healthcare. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 21(3), 431-437.
Ring, M. (1999). Beginning with the pre-socratics (2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill.
Schlairet, M. C. (2009). End-of-life nursing care: Statewide survey of nurses' education needs and effects of education. Journal of Professional Nursing, 25(3), 170-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2008.10.005
Svenaeus, F. (2022). The hermeneutics of medicine and the phenomenology of health: Steps towards a philosophy of medical practice. Springer.
Toombs, S. K. (Ed.). (2001). Handbook of phenomenology and medicine. Kluwer.
Zahavi, D., & Martiny, K. M. M. (2019). Phenomenology in nursing studies: New perspectives. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 93, 155-162.
Žižek, S. (2008). In defense of lost causes. Verso.
Zurmehly, J. (2007). A qualitative case study review of role transition in community nursing. Nursing Forum, 42(4), 162-170. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6198.2007.00083.x