The spiral path of nursing knowledge / Pamela G. Reed -- Doctoral nursing roles in knowledge generation / Donna Velasquez, Donna B. McArthur, Catherine Johnson -- Interlude I : the mandala and discovering nursing worldviews / Nelma B.C. Shearer -- Practitioner-centered research : nursing praxis and the science of the unique / Gary Rolfe -- Interlude II : mindfulness and knowledge development in nursing practice / Catherine Johnson, Pamela G. Reed -- Creating a nursing intervention out of a passion for theory and practice / Nelma B.C. Shearer -- Interlude III : practitioner as theorist : a nurse's toolkit for theoretical thinking / Pamela G. Reed -- Clinical scholarship : history and future possibilities / Elaine G. Jones -- Interlude IV : community-based nursing praxis as a catalyst for generating knowledge / Cathleen Michaels, Pamela G. Reed -- A paradigm for the production of practice-based knowledge : philosophical and practical considerations / Pamela G. Reed, Lisa Lawrence -- Interlude V : steps in reformulating a nursing practice concept : empowerment as an example / Nelma B.C. Shearer, Pamela G. Reed -- The practice turn in nursing epistemology / Pamela G. Reed.