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NURS 608: Nursing: Philosophical Foundations and Critical Perspectives provides you with the opportunity to explore philosophical foundations of nursing knowledge and ways of knowing from a critical perspective. Together we will examine many viewpoints about how nursing knowledge is structured, developed, and how it relates to the work we do as nurses.

Unit 1 Resources

Collins, E., & Crawley, J. (2016). Introducing e-portfolios into nursing schools. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, 22(5), 34-35.
Kaznatcheev, A. (2014). Why we need philosophy [video].
Rega, M. L., Telaretti, F., Alvaro, R., & Kangasniemi, M. (2017). Review: Philosophical and theoretical content of the nursing discipline in academic education: A critical interpretive synthesis. Nurse Education Today, 57, 74-81. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2017.07.001
Royal Alexander Hospital Foundation (2015). The difference between care and caring [video].
van Schagen, S. (2017). Making kindness count: A newly graduated nurse describes her personal nursing philosophy--'best practice kindness'--developed during her studies. Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand, 23(1), 16-18.

Unit 2 Resources

Canadian Nurses Association Website (2017).
Canadian Nurses Association framework for the practice of registered nurses in Canada (2015).
CBC (2013). Stress and burnout for Canadian nurses. The National [video].
Goodare, P. (2017). Literature review: Why do we continue to lose our nurses? Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 34(4), 50-56.
Olshansky, E. (2011). Nursing as the most trusted profession: Why this is important. Journal of Professional Nursing, 27(4), 193-194.
Perry, B. (2005). Core nursing values brought to life through stories. Nursing Standard, 20(7), 41-48.
Perry, B. (2009). More moments in time: Images of exemplary nursing. Edmonton, AB: Athabasca University Press.
Wright, A. L., Zammuto, R. F., & Liesch, P. W. (2017). Maintaining the values of a profession: Institutional work and moral emotions in the emergency department. Academy of Management Journal, 60(1), 200-237. doi:10.5465/amj.2013.0870.
Yoder, L. (2017). Professionalism in nursing. MEDSURG Nursing, 26(5), 293-294.

Unit 3 Resources

American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologist News (ACOG). (2013). Social media professionalism in the medical community [Video].
European Union (2015). A guide for teachers on how to train their students on web reputation and related issues.
Kim, H. S. (2015). The essence of nursing practice: Philosophy and perspective. NY, NY: Springer.
Newman, B. (2009). Health as expanding consciousness [video].
Newman, B., & Newman, M. A. (2008). A new concept of health (Chapter 1, pp. 1-10). Transforming presence: The difference that nursing makes. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis.
Salem Press Encyclopedia of Health (2016). Metaparadigm concepts in nursing.
Schim, S., Benkert, R., Bell, S., Walker, D., & Danford, C. (2007). Social justice: Added metaparadigm concept for urban health nursing. Public Health Nursing, 24(1), 73-80
Thorne, S., Canam, C., Dahinten, S., Hall, W., Henderson, A., Reimer Kirkham, S. (1998 ). Nursing’s metaparadigm concepts: Disimpacting the debates. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 27(6), 1257-1268.
Wu, X. (2008). My nursing philosophy as viewed through nursing' metaparadigm. Illuminations, 17(2), 5-7.

Unit 4 Resources

Envision Films. (2015). I am a nurse. [video]
Kim, H.S. (2015). The nursing perspective for practice [e-book] (Chapter 4). In The essence of nursing practice: Philosophy and perspective. (pp. 37-54).
Morton, M. (2012). An example of an excellent e-portfolio. [video]
Perry, B. (2009). More moments in time: Images of exemplary nursing. Edmonton, AB: AU Press.
SickKids Interactive. (2016). A day in the life of a nurse at Sick Kids. [video]
Stuart, H. (2013). What is an e-portfolio? [video]

Unit 5 Resources

Academy of Ideas (2012). Introduction to epistemology [video].
Bonsu, E. (2011). Carpers fundamental ways of knowing [Prezi].
Kim, H.S. (2015). Nursing knowledge for practice [e-book] (Chapter 4). In The essence of nursing practice: Philosophy and perspective. (pp. 55-66).
Nagel, J. (2016). Philosophy: Epistemology: Introduction to theory of knowledge [video].
PhilHelper (2013). Intro to epistemology #1: The nature of knowledge [video].

Unit 6 Resources

Canadian Nurses’ Association (2017). Code of ethics for registered nurses. Ottawa, ON: CNA.
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (2014). What keeps nurses up at night? [video].
Malloy, D.C., & Fisheim, F. (2014). Patient first: Ethics and ontology of nursing care. Annals of Nursing and Practice, 1(3), 1-3.
Vryonides, S., Papastavrou, E., Charalambous, A., Andreou, P., & Merkouris, A. (2015). The ethical dimension of nursing care rationing: A thematic synthesis of qualitative studies. Nursing Ethics, 22(8), 881-900. doi:10.1177/0969733014551377

Unit 7 Resources

Barker, P., & Buchanan-Barker, P. (2008). Reclaiming nursing: Making it personal. Mental Health Practice, 11(9), 12-16.
Drew, S., Judge, A., May, C., Farmer, A., Cooper, C., Kassim Javaid, M., & Gooberman-Hill, R. (2015). Implementation of secondary fracture prevention services after hip fracture: A qualitative study using extended Normalization Process Theory. Implementation Science, 10(1), 1-8. doi:10.1186/s13012-015-0243-z
Encyclopedia of Nursing Research. (2011). Comfort theory. Springer.
Forss, A., Ceci, C., & Drummond, J.S. (2013). Philosophy of nursing: 5 questions [Introduction to book]. Copenhagen: Automatic Press/VIP.
Jacobson, S. (2017). Building bridges from theory to practice: Nursing theory for clinical nurses. Med-Surg Matters, 26(3), 1-15.
Hesook S. K., & Kollak, I. (Eds). (2006). Nursing theories: Conceptual and philosophical foundations (2nd ed.). Springer. [ebook].
Murphy F et al (2010) Nursing models and contemporary nursing 1: their development, uses and limitations. Nursing Times; 106: 23, early online publication.
Shu Hua, N. (2017). Application of Kolcaba's comfort theory to the management of a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma. Singapore Nursing Journal, 44(1), 16-23.

Unit 9 Resources

Everyone matters. (2013). If we could see inside others’ hearts: Life in 4 minutes.
Hesook, S. (2015). The essence of nursing practice: Philosophy and perspective . (Chapter 10) (pp. 179-204). Springer.
Jacobson, S. (2017). Building bridges from theory to practice: Nursing theory for clinical nurses. Med-Surg Matters, 26(3), 1-15.
Melrose, S., Park, C., & Perry, B. (2013). Teaching health professionals online: Frameworks and strategies. Edmonton, AB: AU Press.
Schoenhofer, S. (2013). Nursing as caring: Theory into practice [video].

Unit 10 Resources

Chestnutt, P. (2017). Philosophy. Merlot II.
Denehy, J. (2001). Articulating your philosophy of nursing. Journal of the School of Nursing, 17(1), 1-2.
Elliott, A. (2017). My nursing philosophy. Merlot II.
Marchuk, A. (2014). A personal nursing philosophy of practice. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 20, 266-273.
Royal College of Nursing (2017). Every nurse is an e-nurse: Digital capabilities for the 21st century nursing.
Ryerson University, Chang School (2008). Images of nursing, "I’m just a nurse" [video].

Unit 11 Resources

Andermann, A. (2017). Outbreaks in the age of syndemics: New insights for improving Indigenous health. Canada Communicable Disease Report, 43(6), 125.
Butts, J., Rick, K., & Fawcett, J. (2012). The future of nursing: How important is discipline-specific knowledge? A conversation with Jacqueline Fawcett . Nursing Science Quarterly, (2), 151. doi:10.1177/0894318412437955
Glauser, W. (2017). Artificial intelligence, automation and the future of nursing: Technological change is already shaking up the profession. What is your relationship with technology going to be? Canadian Nurse, 113(3), 24-26.
McPherson, K. (2016). Imagining gerontological nursing: Canadian nurses and eldercare, 1905–70. Journal of Canadian Studies, 50(2), 422.
Nurses, if Florence could see us now (2012) [video].
Sensmeier, J. (2015). Big data and the future of nursing knowledge. Nursing Management, 46(4), 22-27. doi:10.1097/01.NUMA.0000462365.53035.7d