Module 1 Flashcards
(19 cards)
what are the 4 nurses patterns of knowing
Empirics
Aesthetics
Ethics
Personal Knowing
What is empirics
science of nursing
what are aesthetics
Art of nursing
What is ontology
beliefs about the nature of reality (what is)
What is a paradigm
worldview/lens - general set of beliefs about the complexities of the world
what is epistemology
philosophy on the nature of knowledge
what is the ontology of a positivist
single objective reality independant of human mind (nature is ordered)
what paradigm starts general and goes specific
positivist
what paradigm uses deductive reasoning
positivist
what paradigm searches for causes and consequences and is very rational and scientific
positivist
what is the ontology of the constructivist paradigm
reality is not fixed but constructed by those studied (no absolute truth)
what paradigm searches for the existence of phenomenon rather than one truth
Constructivist
what paradigm uses inductive reasoning
constructivist
what paradigm starts specific and goes general
constructivist
what are the three ideological paradigms
critical theory
feminist theory
postcolonial theory
what is the goal of ideological paradigms
to liberate and bring greater equity
what is critical thoery
seeks to challenge dominant ideologies and knowledge to reveal power imbalances
what is feminist theory
uncover women’s experiences and oppression within sociopolitical contexts
what is postcolonial theory
reveals the ways in which colonializing cultures dominate and legitimize knowledge and maintain power imbalances
