This paper looks at the nursing philosophy of the Strong Memorial Hospital and sets forth the context in which the nursing
organization's
fundamental principles become relevant. It critiques a core aspect of the principles articulated in publicly available
organization documents and discusses the extent to which those principles incorporate a specific theory of nursing. It evaluates the evidence of nursing-staff inputs into such principles and the evidence of how the articulation may reflect the reality of nursing practice, with a view toward evaluating the document's influence on nursing practice.