3515 – MIDTERM REVIEW
WEEK 1
A. NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE
1 – Aesthetic (creativity, deeply understand human experience)
2 – Personal (first hand experience/ observation)
3 – Ethical/ Moral (what is right and responsible,
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3515 – MIDTERM REVIEW
WEEK 1
A. NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE
1 – Aesthetic (creativity, deeply understand human experience)
2 – Personal (first hand experience/ observation)
3 – Ethical/ Moral (what is right and responsible, moral principles, codes)
4 – Empirical (based on research findings, scientific knowledge, qualitative + quantitative)
5 – Experiential (through experience, ex. internship)
6 – Sociopolitical (understand culture, society and politics, ex. marijuana legalization)
B. RESEARCH PARADIGMS & PHILISOPHICAL POSITIONS
- a paradigm: worldview
-2 central paradigms:
NATURALISTIC/ QUALITATIVE EMPIRICAL ANALYTIC/ QUANTITATIVE
-words
-constructivism
-“perceived view”
-explore personal meaning, context of experience/
culture/ human patterns
-numbers
-positivism
-“received view”
-explore research questions/ test hypothesis, explain
cause and effect between variables
Basic Beliefs of Research Paradigms
QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
EPISTEMOLOGY “truth” individual/ culture – subjective objective
ONTOLOGY “reality” multiple single
CONTEXT “setting” emphasized minimized
GOALS “purpose” description
understanding
transformation
description
explain
predict/ control
VALUES “meaning” included excluded
RESEARCHER STANCE active participant neutral observer
METHODOLOGY dialogic, transformative experiment, control
C. WHAT IS NURSING RESEARCH
- research: systematic/ logical/ empirical into phenomenon to produce verifiable knowledge
-significance: Hinshaw (2000) – explosion of nursing knowledge
D. ROLES OF NURSES IN RESEARCH
1. Consumer (uses research/ understands/ critiques accurately + applies research to practice)
2. Research team member (participate in some aspect, ex. collects data)
3. Primary investigator/ co-investigator (masters/ doctoral, initiate and conduct studies)
HISTORY OF NURSING RESEARCH
-19TH century: Florence Nightingale
-20TH century: education-focused
-1952: 1st nursing research journal
-1964: 1st nursing research project (federal funding)
WEEK 2
A. CRITICAL
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