Table of Contents

1. Nursing's Fundamental Patterns of Knowing 2. Nursing's Knowledge Development Pathways 3. Emancipatory Knowledge: Knowing for Practice 4. Ethical Knowledge Development 5. Personal Knowledge Development 6. Aesthetic Knowledge Development 7. Empiric Knowledge Development: Explaining and Structuring 8. Description and Critical Reflection of Empiric Theory 9. Validating and Confirming Empiric Knowledge Using Research 10. Utilizing and Validating Empiric Knowledge in Practice Appendix A - Interpretive Summary: Broad Theoretic Frameworks Defining the Scope, Philosophy and General Characteristics of Nursing Glossary