Interdisciplinarity and nursing research: opportunities and challenges

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

Franco A. Carnevale¹ 

关键词: Interdisciplinary;    Nursing;    Research;    Collaboration;    Interdisciplinaridade;    Enfermagem;    Investigação;    Colaboração;    Interdisciplinaridad;    Enfermería;    Investigación;    Colaboración;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0034-7167.2014670603

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Interdisciplinary collaboration is widely recognized and considered essential for optimizing the development of knowledge and practice. However, interdisciplinarity is commonly accepted as an unquestioned good; rarely examined as both a source of benefit as well as difficulty for nursing and other disciplines. The aim of this article is to critically examine the opportunities and challenges that interdisciplinarity can provide for research in nursing and other disciplines. Based on a North American perspective, I describe the emergence of uni-disciplinary nursing research and the knowledge exchanges that occurred between nursing and other disciplines. I discuss the rise of interdisciplinary research, outline several examples of nursing participation in interdisciplinarity, and highlight the prominent benefits and difficulties associated with interdisciplinary research. I argue that authentic collaboration is required to conduct meaningful interdisciplinary research and describe how this can be promoted.

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