ABSTRACT In this paper, we bring together Foucault's biography and oeuvre to explore key concepts that support the analysis of nurses' acts of resistance. Foucault reflected on the power relations taking place in health services, making his contribution especially useful for the analysis of resistance in this context. Over three decades, he proposed a nonnormative philosophy while concomitantly engaging in transgressive practices guided by values such as human rights and social justice. Hence, Foucault's philosophy and public activism are an apparent contradiction, but we argue that when analysed together they allow for a different understanding of his work. We describe the evolution of the concept of resistance in Foucault's work, supported by the approaches of Brent Picket (1996) and Miguel Morey (2013). Foucault started his work considering the idea of transgressiveness as it connects to being at the margins of society. He then spent considerable time elaborating the concept of power and identifying resistance strategies as forms of power exercise. In doing so, he considered that people engage with social change from multiple positions, including limited desire for change, fomenting reforms, or engaging in everyday revolutionary acts. As he further elaborated on power relations and defined resistance, Foucault asserted that resistance involves both repressive and productive dimensions of power, governance of biological life, state governance, and deliberate practices of illegalisms. Finally, Foucault shifted his attention to the freedom of ethical subjects, proposing the use of counter‐conduct and counter‐discourses to speak truth against oppression. Such framework offers a comprehensive lens for analysing nurses' acts of resistance within the complexities of the healthcare system and in society. In summary, Foucault's conceptual framework on resistance expands the role of nurses, to understand them not only as caregivers, but also as political agents capable of confronting and transforming oppressive institutional practices.

Cristina Moreno‐Mulet

Joaquín Valdivielso‐Navarro

Margalida Miró‐Bonet

Alba Carrero‐Planells

Denise Gastaldo

Nursing Philosophy

护理哲学提供了一个讨论护理哲学问题的论坛。这些重点关注与护理的性质和与之关键相关的现象有关的问题。例如，对什么是护理的任何理解都以护士在护理时试图做什么的概念为前提。但是护理的目的是什么？它们是为了促进健康、预防疾病、促进福祉、增强自主性、减轻痛苦，还是兼而有之？如何实现这些目标？护理需要什么样的知识？实用的、理论的、美学的、道德的、政治的、“直觉的”或其他？探索哲学探究的其他方面以及与护理（以及任何其他医疗保健或社会护理活动）相关的分析的论文也受到欢迎，可能包括但不包括仅限于对具有先进哲学主张的护士理论家的工作进行批判性讨论（例如，BENNER、BENNER 和 WRUBEL、CARPER、SCHROK、WATSON、PARSE 等）以及与哲学家（例如，海德格尔、胡塞尔）的批判性接触、KUHN、POLANYI、TAYLOR、MACINTYRE 等），他们的工作为一般的医疗保健特别是护理提供了信息。

Nursing Philosophy provides a forum for discussing philosophical issues related to nursing. The journal focuses on questions concerning the nature of nursing and related phenomena. For instance, any understanding of nursing is predicated on the concepts of what nurses aim to achieve in their practice. But what is the purpose of nursing? Is it to promote health, prevent illness, enhance well-being, foster autonomy, alleviate suffering, or a combination of these? How are these goals achieved? What kind of knowledge is required in nursing? Practical, theoretical, aesthetic, ethical, political, intuitive, or something else? The journal also welcomes papers exploring other aspects of philosophical inquiry and analyses related to nursing (and any other healthcare or social care activities). These may include, but are not limited to, critical discussions of the work of nurse theorists with advanced philosophical propositions (such as BENNER, BENNER and WRUBEL, CARPER, SCHROK, WATSON, PARSE, etc.), as well as critical engagements with philosophers (such as Heidegger, Husserl, KUHN, POLANYI, TAYLOR, MACINTYRE, etc.) whose work informs general healthcare, particularly nursing.

《Nursing Philosophy》是一个专注于护理哲学问题的讨论平台。该期刊探讨与护理的本质及其相关现象的问题。例如，任何对护理的理解都基于护士在护理过程中所追求的目标。那么，护理的目的是什么呢？是促进健康、预防疾病、提升福祉、增强自主性、减轻痛苦，还是这些目标的结合？如何实现这些目标？护理需要什么样的知识？是实用的、理论的、美学的、道德的、政治的，还是“直觉的”或其他？此外，期刊也欢迎对哲学探究的其他方面以及与护理（以及其他医疗或社会护理活动）相关的分析论文。这些论文可能包括但不限于对一些具有先进哲学主张的护士理论家的批判性讨论（如BENNER、BENNER和WRUBEL、CARPER、SCHROK、WATSON、PARSE等），以及与哲学家（如海德格尔、胡塞尔、KUHN、POLANYI、TAYLOR、MACINTYRE等）的批判性接触，他们的研究为医疗保健，特别是护理提供了重要的理论支持。

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