NSG 3301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Postpositivism, Experiential Knowledge, Empirical Evidence
27 Feb 2017
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New health issues lead to new questions and a gap in knowledge . Have to identify a need for it, tell people you did it, adopt it, then revise it. Nursing knowledge is not only developed through research, we have theories and theoretical models : sociopolitical knowledge: knowledge within context that we work like core healthcare, funding, lack of housing, propensity for drug use in downtown. Empirical knowledge: what you hear, see, read etc, measurable knowledge. Theoretical knowledge: knowledge based on theory, not on measurement or observation, it"s a higher level of thinking. Post-positivist: nothing matters unless you can measure it, all observations is infallible (just because ewe see it doesn"t it make it necessarily true) ex. theory can be revised, some adjustments can be made more flexible, Constructivist: multiple meanings of things and can only know when you ask. Critical social: we do research to make change.
