Advances in Nursing Science· 2026Q2
The Epistemological Threshold: From Corps-Objet to Nursing Theory in the Clinical Maturation of Educators
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Nursing faculty with over 3 years of clinical experience shift from objectifying patients to perceiving them as lived subjects, enabling them to translate theory into authentic instruction.
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Key points
- Early-career nursing faculty undergo an epistemological maturation tied to clinical experience.
- Novice faculty (under 3 years) tend to objectify patients, focusing on mechanical tasks.
- Faculty with over 3 years of clinical experience perceive patients as lived subjects (corps-propre).
- This shift enables the translation of abstract nursing theory into authentic clinical instruction.
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Abstract
This phenomenological study investigates the epistemological maturation of 11 early-career nursing faculty. In-depth interviews identified a critical experiential threshold in clinical practice. Initially, novices often remain phenomenologically confined to mechanical task execution, inadvertently objectifying patients ( corps-objet ). However, surpassing a 3-year clinical threshold facilitates a profound ontological shift: educators reclaim practical intention and perceive patients as lived subjects ( corps-propre ). This embodied clinical wisdom is a prerequisite for translating abstract nursing theory into authentic instruction. Consequently, sufficient clinical experience serves as an essential epistemological foundation for nursing knowledge generation amid sociopolitical pressures that accelerate academic pathways.
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