A Theoretical-Empirical Conceptual System Proposed through the Nursing Narrative

Abstract

Introduction: A theoretical-empirical conceptual system involves articulating a conceptual model of nursing, as well as theory and indicators of empirical origin to guide practice, research and teaching.

Objective: To analyze a significant experience of the person being cared for by means of a theoretical-empirical conceptual system through the vision of a nursing theory and model.

Methods: A descriptive-explanatory study was carried out during the year 2023, with a propositional methodology based on a nursing narrative. As a theoretical method, analysis-synthesis was used to disaggregate abstract concepts for analyzing the concrete nursing situation, highlighting knowledge, relevance and pertinence to differentiate care phenomenons and make practical autonomy visible. For the empirical representation of the proposal, a descriptive review was conducted during the year 2022, using documents in the PubMed, Cuiden, Medline, Lilacs, SciELO, Scopus and Cinahl databases, as well as the MeSH and DeCS descriptors. The data were analyzed by means of the descriptive method to assign meanings to the narrative and content exploration was performed by thematic analysis.

Results: A theoretical-empirical conceptual system was elaborated based on a nursing situation, as a repository of knowledge; this is known as a lived and shared experience, in which the nurse and the person at risk receiving such care mutually strengthen themselves as human beings.

Conclusions: The proposal allowed selecting the conceptual model –consistent with the nursing philosophy–, apart from the theory and indicators of empirical origin, which jointly provide a solid approach and comprehensive compatibility with each other.