NURS 2730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nursing Theory, Scientific Method, Empiricism
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What is philosophy: every person has their on philosophy, set beliefs an assumptions, scientific discipline, philosophical thinking can assist in. Identifying and questioning assumptions: clarifying how concepts are used and how they have meaning, assessing arguments made to defend or critique particular ways of thinking. It is possible to produce objective knowledge of the world. Interpretive paradigm: no single fixed reality against which knowledge can be measured, knowledge of the world independent of theorizing about it is not possible, knowledge of the world is always mediated through assumptions. Philosophy in nursing: essential feature of all scientific discipline, enables nurses to further understand their values, beliefs, assumptions and knowledge that constitute the discipline. Philosophical inquiry about nursing"s social and humanitarian roles, its form of thought, nature, scope, purpose, methods, language, moral presuppositions, and knowledge claims : main goals; Conceptualization of nursing, health, environment and human beings.
