About Nursology Tutoring

Nursology is defined by the Mosby’s Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions (2019) as a conceptual framework for the study and practice of nursing.  It requires the nurse to interact with the patient in an ‘authentic’ way, without aloofness and the distance of professionalism; the nurse must take the risk of caring.  As a method, nursology requires that the nurse cut through the defences and fears that prevent self-knowledge.  The nurse tries to know the patient on an intuitive, subjective level.  The nurse recognizes that each person has an ‘angular view’ of the whole truth; comparison of the views of others is necessary for a perspective that allows a synthesis, often paradoxical but closer to the truth than any one person’s angular view.  Nursology is intended to provide a model for nursing methods and research.  The nurse and the patient have the opportunity to grow, and the science of nursing may emerge from the ‘angular’ investigations and syntheses.

This definition informs my nursing philosophy, practice and teaching. I created Nursology Tutoring to help nursing students understand content and apply it to real situations. With dedication, planning and coaching, you will experience success!