Reflective practice and knowledge development: Transforming research for a practice-based disciplineOACSTPCD

Knowledge development to guide evidence-informed practice is a cornerstone of nursing as a practice-based discipline.The emphasis on empirical knowledge development overshadows other ways of knowledge developmentdpersonal,aesthetic,and ethical.Technical,objective knowledge development is more dominant than knowledge development for delivering holistic,personcentered care.Personal,aesthetic,and ethical ways of knowing are essential factors in satisfying work environments,patient satisfaction,and nurse retention.Boyer''s model of scholarship development defining the scholarship of discovery,teaching,application,and integration guide nurses in building programs of scholarship informing the practice of nursing in practice and academia with an aim of improving and transforming healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.The purpose of this paper is to describe the various forms of scholarship described by Boyer as priorities in knowledge development,examine how the multiple ways of knowing expand traditional empirical perspectives of knowledge development,and present the value of reflective practices that undergird knowledge generation,integration,and application for holistic personcentered safe quality care.Reflective practices have a unique contribution to forming the unique art and science of nursing as a practice-based discipline.