Nov 27, 2024  
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NURSING *700 / Philosophical Basis of Nursing Research

3 unit(s)

C. Tompkins

Antirequisite(s): HTH RS M *700 

This course will explore, in seminar format, paradigms for clinical nursing research by examining the philosophical basis for development of clinically relevant knowledge. Topics include: history of the separation of science and religion, natural from social sciences; basic tenets of scientific method; critiques of modern/positivistic thinking (social construction of knowledge); assumptions of qualitative and quantitative research paradigms; and generation of clinically relevant knowledge.



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