Concept analysis of the Four-Season-Symphony of Intellectuality-Spirituality-Ethics-Esthetics (FSS: I SEA) in nursing research

Nurs Forum. 2021 Jul;56(3):693-702. doi: 10.1111/nuf.12564. Epub 2021 Mar 4.

Abstract

Background: The Four-Season-Symphony of intellectuality, spirituality, ethics, and esthetics (FSS: I SEA) in nursing research is a new concept that has not been addressed in previous nursing theories and studies.

Aim: This study was conducted to clarify the concept of the FSS: I SEA in nursing research.

Design: Wilson's method of concept analysis was used.

Data source: Empirical and conceptual literature.

Review method: This study has been conducted based on Wilson's 11-step approach by searching keywords with Symphony, Rationality, Intellectuality, Spirituality, Ethics, Esthetics, and Nursing research in databases including Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, Sid, Oxford Dictionary, Dehkhoda Dictionary, and nursing theory textbook.

Results and conclusion: Richness and elegance of the symphony in nursing research cannot be achieved by a single-tool benchmark; rather, a more integrated assessment can be achieved with the use of a tool combining different intellectuality, spirituality, ethics, and esthetics tools. This symphony contains a philosophical and deep understanding of the meanings of researcher, research problem, research process, and symphonic product. Through identifying the facilitators and barriers of this concept, nursing researchers, professors, and practitioners will be able to design and implement their research activities on FSS basis to pave the way for the continued transcendence of comprehensive nursing care.

Keywords: Four-Season-Symphony; Wilson's method; concept analysis; esthetics; ethics; intellectuality; nursing research; spirituality; symphony.

MeSH terms

  • Esthetics
  • Humans
  • Nursing Research*
  • Nursing Theory
  • Seasons
  • Spirituality*