What is epistemology?
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The branch of philosphophy concerned with the scope of knowledge...
"theory of knowledge"
***Questions what is knowledge, how it is acquired, how it is pertinent, and
who is a 'knower.'
Nursing knowledge is the inclusive total of philosophies, theories, research
and practice wisdom of the discipline
Questions for evaluating a theory for use (9)
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, 1) are the tenants of the theory compatible with nursing philosophy?
2) Are the key concepts within the domain of nursing?
3) Can the theory be followed and easily explained?
4) Is there a research basis for the theory?
5) Is this theory consistent with your worldview?
6) Will testing this theory contribute to nursing knowledge?
7) Does this theory do a better job of explaining the phenomena of interest
than other theories?
8) Has this theory been applied to similar research questions?
9) Are the concepts measurable?
Quantitative vs. Qualitative Research
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Quantitative research: theory testing (developing a question and trying to
find the answer)
Qualitative research: theory generating (not much known about a topic and
trying to find an answer)
Borrowed Theory
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The branch of philosphophy concerned with the scope of knowledge...
"theory of knowledge"
***Questions what is knowledge, how it is acquired, how it is pertinent, and
who is a 'knower.'
Nursing knowledge is the inclusive total of philosophies, theories, research
and practice wisdom of the discipline
Questions for evaluating a theory for use (9)
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, 1) are the tenants of the theory compatible with nursing philosophy?
2) Are the key concepts within the domain of nursing?
3) Can the theory be followed and easily explained?
4) Is there a research basis for the theory?
5) Is this theory consistent with your worldview?
6) Will testing this theory contribute to nursing knowledge?
7) Does this theory do a better job of explaining the phenomena of interest
than other theories?
8) Has this theory been applied to similar research questions?
9) Are the concepts measurable?
Quantitative vs. Qualitative Research
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Quantitative research: theory testing (developing a question and trying to
find the answer)
Qualitative research: theory generating (not much known about a topic and
trying to find an answer)
Borrowed Theory
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