Nursing Theory and Research -Paradigm and Metaparadigm
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 04:37:38
Category: / Recreation & Sports / Health & Beauty
Length: 7 pages (1926 words)
Category: / Recreation & Sports / Health & Beauty
Length: 7 pages (1926 words)
Introduction:
According to Polit and Hungler (1997) paradigm is a "way of looking at natural phenomena that encompasses a set of philosophical assumptions and that guides one's approach to inquiry" (pg. 463). Metaparadigm, on the other hand, "is a statement or group of statements identifying its relevant phenomena" (Fawcett, 1984, pg. 84).
The metaparadigm has four central concepts to the discipline of nursing and they are interrelated although they have different meanings. They are:
* Person,
* Environment,
* Health, and
* Nursing (…
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