Spiritual Knowing: Another Pattern of Knowing in the Discipline.

ANS Adv Nurs Sci

University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing (Dr Willis); and William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (Ms Leone-Sheehan).

Published: May 2020

Fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing have historically served to clarify the substance and structure of the discipline, significantly contributing to nursing's body of knowledge. In this article, we continue the scholarly conversation on patterns of knowing in nursing by advancing spiritual knowing as a pattern of knowing that helps advance nursing's agenda toward universal well-being and critical during this time toward interdisciplinarity. Implications for nursing are explored in relation to enduring and new questions that require our attention related to human beings, their environments, and healing.

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