Redefining the Metalanguage of Nursing Science: Contemporary Underpinnings for Innovation in Research, Education and Practice

Speaker:  Olga Jarrín, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Date and Time:  February 8, 2012 12:00 to 1:30 PM, Room 435 Claire Fagin Hall

Abstract:  This seminar will discuss an updated synthesis of nursing’s central concepts (human being, environment, health & nursing) with implications for research, education and practice. Expert nursing involves complex pattern recognition that recognizes the integrality (unity) between human beings and their environment while considering multiple perspectives: the individual-subjective realm of self and consciousness, the individual-objective view of the organism and structured development, the inter-subjective realm of culture or worldview, and the inter-objective realm of social systems and structures. Through this framework we can discuss all phenomena of interest to nursing, from genomic research exploring how environmental factors contribute to illness, to cross-cultural communication, or the relationship between the nursing practice environment and patient outcomes. This seminar should stimulate new discourse and dialogue about the current state of thinking within nursing theory, research, education and practice.

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