Pragmatism is also an important philosophical consideration. Pragmatism furthers the discussion about the best approach to take in nursing practice. The purpose of this article is to describe each major nursing paradigm, demonstrate the connection between nursing paradigms and nursing theory, and use case examples to illuminate the contributions of pragmatism to nursing practice.
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Top Visiting Cities City Visits. Visits last 6 months. Downloads last 6 months. X View Citations. Background: Paradigms are sets of beliefs and practices, shared by communities of researchers, which regulate inquiry within disciplines. The various paradigms are characterized by ontological, epistemological and methodological differences in their approaches to conceptualizing and conducting research, and in their contribution towards disciplinary knowledge construction.
Researchers may consider these differences so vast that one paradigm is incommensurable with another. Alternatively, researchers may ignore these differences and either unknowingly combine paradigms inappropriately or neglect to conduct needed research. Part 1 - Theory, like clinical knowledge, is essential within the paradigm of nursing. It is a foundation upon which one builds a toolbox of materials, designed not to treat every situation in a similar manner, but to have a means and template from which to help make decisions for the patient.
One theoretical maxim important to modern nursing is that of Family Systems Theory, and its offshoot, Family Stress Theory. Metaparadigm, on the other hand, "is a statement or group of statements identifying its relevant phenomena" Fawcett, , pg. The metaparadigm has four central concepts to the discipline of nursing and they are interrelated although they have different meanings.
Nurses must be advocates and communicators, but must balance these along with an overall philosophy of ethics while still remaining mindful of budgets and the need for the medical institution to be profitable. It seems as if these issues comprise a three-part template for nursing: respect. Student Name: Palaniswamy Gomathy.
Student Number: Subject Code: NRS Research is vital to bring. Even though nursing languages has been standardized as to give a commonly-understood set of terms used to describe the clinical judgments involved in assessments nursing diagnoses , along with the interventions, and outcomes related to documentation of nursing care.
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