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Nursing research and the human sciences.
1Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College, City University of New York, 425 E. 25th St., Box 945, New York, NY 10010-2590, USA. ViMM@aol.com
Nursing Science Quarterly
|March 5, 2002
Summary
Nursing knowledge is evolving. While traditionally linked to natural sciences, it
Area of Science:
- Nursing as a discipline.
- Philosophy of science in nursing.
Background:
- Historical association of nursing with natural sciences.
- Emerging perspective of nursing as a human science.
- Shift in epistemological and ontological foundations.
Purpose of the Study:
- Discuss worldviews in contemporary nursing knowledge.
- Explore the paradigm of nursing as a human science.
- Examine the role of qualitative and quantitative research.
Main Methods:
- Philosophical discussion of nursing paradigms.
- Analysis of epistemological and ontological bases.
- Comparison with transpersonal psychology.
Main Results:
- Nursing knowledge draws from both natural and human science perspectives.
- Neither paradigm alone is sufficient for all nursing knowledge.
- Qualitative and quantitative research methods are both valuable.
Conclusions:
- Nursing requires a pluralistic approach to knowledge.
- Research methods should align with the phenomenon under study.
- Transpersonal psychology offers relevant parallels.
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