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During the last 20 years there has been considerable debate to establish the specific body of knowledge that underlies nursing practice. Nursing science is recognized as forming a substantial part of the knowledge that will distinguish nursing as a profession (Schlotfeldt, 1988), but what does this science, or organized body of knowledge, include? The human qualities that impinge upon sickness and health encompass behaviours and tendencies that include biological, psychological and sociocultural aspects. The exploration of these issues in order to describe, explain and predict should, therefore, form the basis of nursing research.
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Mulhall, A. (1994). The experimental approach and randomized, controlled trials. In: Hardey, M., Mulhall, A. (eds) Nursing Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3087-3_6
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