Communities of nurse scholars, researchers, and professionals engage in sustained discourse with new insights and discoveries occurring over time as a result of varied perspectives, interpretations, and observations.
According to the AACN Essentials, nursing scholarship is the “communication of knowledge generated through multiple forms of inquiry that inform clinical practice, nursing education, policy, and healthcare delivery." Nurses must learn to use and communicate scholarship effectively, engaging in critical conversations and sustained discourse to achieve excellence in teaching, learning, research, scholarship, service, and practice. Nurses recognize that factors such as established power and authority structures and issues of privilege may impact if and how they can participate in scholarly conversations, as well as which voices and information rise to the forefront. They work to ensure that the perspectives of others, both professionals and patients, are invited, welcomed, acknowledged, and respected. Attribution practices are essential for showing the development of ideas, moving conversations forward, and capturing the breadth of potentially relevant voices.
Entry-level nurses exemplify the nursing profession’s unique perspective while incorporating and applying the complementary scholarship and perspectives of other healthcare disciplines. They identify trusted scholars and resources in nursing and other disciplines to inform their practice. Through interprofessional and intraprofessional teams, they begin to generate new knowledge and consider communication avenues for their scholarship.
Advanced-level nurses seek out many perspectives, which may come from their own discipline or from across a variety of disciplines. They are comfortable interpreting and applying the scholarship of others as well as generating new knowledge. They are open to learning about new and emerging formats for scholarly work and actively seek ways to invite more voices to participate in scholarship to inform clinical practice, nursing education, policy, and healthcare delivery.
Nurses developing their IL abilities can:
Communities of nurse scholars, researchers, and professionals engage in sustained discourse with new insights and discoveries occurring over time as a result of varied perspectives, interpretations, and observations.
Nursing scholarship is the “communication of knowledge generated through multiple forms of inquiry that inform clinical practice, nursing education, policy, and healthcare delivery" (AACN Essentials). Nurses must learn to use and communicate scholarship effectively, engaging in critical conversations and sustained discourse to achieve excellence in teaching, learning, research, scholarship, service, and practice. Nurses recognize that factors such as established power and authority structures and issues of privilege may impact if and how they can participate in scholarly conversations as well as which voices and information rise to the forefront. They work to ensure that the perspectives of others, both professionals and patients, are invited, welcomed, acknowledged and respected. Attribution practices are essential for showing the development of ideas, moving conversations forward, and capturing the breadth of potential relevant voices.
Entry level nurses are learning to exemplify the nursing profession’s unique perspective while incorporating and applying the complementary scholarship and perspectives of other healthcare disciplines. They are identifying trusted scholars and resources in nursing and other disciplines to inform their practice. Through interprofessional and intraprofessional teams, they are beginning to generate new knowledge and to consider communication avenues for their scholarship.
Advanced level nurses will seek out many perspectives, which may come from their own discipline or from across a variety of disciplines. They are comfortable interpreting and applying the scholarship of others as well as generating new knowledge. They are open to learning about new and emerging formats for scholarly work, and actively seek ways to invite more voices to participate in scholarship to inform clinical practice, nursing education, policy, and healthcare delivery.
Evidence of the Frame in Action
Nurses who are developing their information literacy abilities: