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Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education

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Published on: June 21, 2010

[Postmodernism and nursing knowledge development].

Lily Yeh¹, Ching-Huey Chen

¹Department of Nursing, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, ROC. lilyyeh@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Hu Li Za Zhi the Journal of Nursing

|August 1, 2008

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Postmodernism influences nursing science by challenging traditional views on knowledge and reality. This paradigm shift offers both challenges and opportunities for nursing knowledge development and practice.

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Published on: June 21, 2010

Area of Science:

Nursing science
Philosophy of science
Epistemology

Context:

Postmodernism's emergence and core tenets.
Influence of postmodernism on Western nursing communities.
Deconstruction of language and subject in research.

Purpose:

To explore the emergence of postmodernism in nursing.
To delineate its deconstruction of language and subject.
To outline implications for nursing knowledge development.

Summary:

Postmodernism emphasizes context-dependent data, practical value, and deconstruction of problems.
Its influence is evident in epistemological shifts within Western nursing.
The paradigm challenges traditional notions of reality and grand theories.

Impact:

Nursing faces challenges and opportunities in adapting to a postmodern paradigm.
Potential for new frameworks in nursing knowledge development.
Shifts in understanding the nature of nursing science and practice.