The discipline of nursing: Knowledge, teaching, and care

In recent years, professional skills and the nursing profession in France have undergone major transformations. These have included the recognition of advanced nursing practice and its implementation in 2018, and the creation by the National Council of Universities in 2019 of a “Nursing” section (n° 92), which has paved the way for the development of research and teaching in nursing in an academic environment in France.
To support these transformations, the Association de recherche en soins infirmiers (Arsi) (Nursing Research Association) has for several years been organizing seminars and symposia. The seminar “The discipline of nursing: Knowledge, teaching, and care,” held on November 16, 2019 in Paris, was a continuation of those organized in 2014 and 2016.
This seminar focused on the acquisition of nursing knowledge, in particular through the analysis of clinical situations using two middle-range theories: comfort and symptom management.
The first part of this article describes the objectives and the working methodology of the seminar. The second part provides a recap of the theoretical foundations, while the third and final part presents the results of what the workshops participants produced.