Nursing Research Week 9 Part 3

The study of existence and the nature of being (reality)

• Ontology

• Epistemology

• Methodology

• Aim of inquiry

• Context

Studies knowledge/truth

• Ontology

• Epistemology

• Methodology

• Aim of inquiry

• Context

Objectives/goals that guide philosophical exploration

• Ontology

• Epistemology

• Methodology

• Aim of inquiry

• Context

Broad term referring to discipline-specific principles, rules, and procedures that guide the research process

• Ontology

• Epistemology

• Methodology

• Aim of inquiry

• Context

Refers to the personal, social, and political environment in which a phenomenon of interest occurs

• Ontology

• Epistemology

• Methodology

• Aim of inquiry

• Context

Refers to the goals or specific objectives of the research

• Ontology

• Epistemology

• Methodology

• Aim of inquiry

• Context

Personal beliefs of the researcher = (blank) values

From the Greek word meaning "pattern"

A set of beliefs and practices, shared by communities of researchers that guide the knowledge development process

Qualitative paradigms used in nursing

• Post-positivist

• Critical social

• Constructivist