Enhancing nursing knowledge through democratic cross-national collaboration

Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem

Karen Lucas Breda²  Maria Da Gloria Miotto Wright¹ 

[1] ,University of HartfordWest Hartford Connecticut ,United States of América

关键词: Nursing;    Knowledge;    Collaboration;    Globalization;    International aspects;    Enfermagem;    Conhecimento;    Colaboração;    Globalização;    Aspectos internacionais;    Enfermería;    Conocimento;    Colaboración;    Globalización;    Aspectos internacionales;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-07072011000300022

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Enhancing nursing knowledge requires the exchange of ideas worldwide through the collaboration of nurse scientists. Healthy partnerships abide by the values of collaboration, mutual trust, respect and dignity. However, a lack of information exists regarding the nature of cross-national academic partnerships in nursing. The purpose of this article is twofold: to explore democratic cross-national collaborations in nursing and to pose theoretically-based interventions to enhance future democratic collaborations cross-nationally in nursing. While a review of the literature revealed some model nursing partnerships, nursing can benefit from having a better evidence based understanding of the topic. Theoretical formulations from education, philosophy and critical anthropology offer complementary lenses to aid in the analysis. The process can help nursing academics to think more critically about the issues and to delineate theory driven protocols for democratic cross-national collaboration with the ultimate aim of enhancing nursing knowledge.

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