<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>As nursing becomes a first-level discipline, the central focus of the development process of nursing science is the independent exploration of the future path of nursing care. Although many countries have made efforts to develop nursing as an independent discipline, no remarkable advancement has been achieved due to the incorrect understanding of the relationship between nursing and medicine and the improper comprehension of other factors involved in the process of nursing reform. Teaching and practicing nursing also face many problems. Based on our understanding of the relationship between nursing and medicine and through a careful analysis of the existing problems in the current nursing discipline, this paper provides some insights into the future directions of nursing development by exploring the independently developing nursing discipline in foreign countries.</p></abstract>

As nursing becomes a first-level discipline, the central focus of the development process of nursing science is the independent exploration of the future path of nursing care. Although many countries have made efforts to develop nursing as an independent discipline, no remarkable advancement has been achieved due to the incorrect understanding of the relationship between nursing and medicine and the improper comprehension of other factors involved in the process of nursing reform. Teaching and practicing nursing also face many problems. Based on our understanding of the relationship between nursing and medicine and through a careful analysis of the existing problems in the current nursing discipline, this paper provides some insights into the future directions of nursing development by exploring the independently developing nursing discipline in foreign countries.

A critical reflection on the discipline of nursing based on the correct analysis of the relationship between medicine and nursing

Frontiers of Nursing

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As nursing becomes a first-level discipline, the central focus of the development process of nursing science is the independent exploration of the future path...

A critical reflection on the discipline of nursing based on the correct analysis of the relationship between medicine and nursing

Article Category: Review

Published Online: May 20, 2019

Page range: 53 - 58

Received: Sep 13, 2018

Accepted: Nov 30, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2019-0010

Keywords
medicine, nursing, reflection, nursing discipline, nursing theory

© 2019 Zhu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A critical reflection on the discipline of nursing based on the correct analysis of the relationship between medicine and nursing

Article Category: Review

Published Online: May 20, 2019

Page range: 53 - 58

Received: Sep 13, 2018

Accepted: Nov 30, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2019-0010

Keywordsmedicine, nursing, reflection, nursing discipline, nursing theory

© 2019 Zhu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
medicine, nursing, reflection, nursing discipline, nursing theory