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Postpositivist critical multiplism: Its value for nursing research
AIM: Following persistent criticisms of logical positivism, postpositivism emerged as a philosophy of science for developing nursing knowledge. Here, we offer a discussion of postpositivist critical multiplism and its value to nursing research. DESIGN: Discussion paper. METHODS: We searched relevant...
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2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6650753/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31367395 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.306 |
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author | Tanlaka, Eric F. Ewashen, Carol King‐Shier, Kathryn |
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description | AIM: Following persistent criticisms of logical positivism, postpositivism emerged as a philosophy of science for developing nursing knowledge. Here, we offer a discussion of postpositivist critical multiplism and its value to nursing research. DESIGN: Discussion paper. METHODS: We searched relevant literature published between 1978–2018, indexed in CINAHL, MEDLINE, PubMed or PsychINFO. Findings are discussed in the context of stroke nursing research. RESULTS: Postpositivist critical multiplism acknowledges the importance of human influence on knowledge development and enables nurse researchers to use multiple approaches to address complex human phenomena. In doing so, the unique perspectives of stakeholder groups including patients, family members, knowledge users can be respected. There are certain steps that can be used by critical multiplist investigators to approach stroke nursing research. Using these steps and the critical multiplist approach may minimize preconceptions or biases associated with using one research method over another and maximize confidence in resultant research knowledge. |
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spelling | pubmed-66507532019-07-31 Postpositivist critical multiplism: Its value for nursing research Tanlaka, Eric F. Ewashen, Carol King‐Shier, Kathryn Nurs Open Discursive Articles AIM: Following persistent criticisms of logical positivism, postpositivism emerged as a philosophy of science for developing nursing knowledge. Here, we offer a discussion of postpositivist critical multiplism and its value to nursing research. DESIGN: Discussion paper. METHODS: We searched relevant literature published between 1978–2018, indexed in CINAHL, MEDLINE, PubMed or PsychINFO. Findings are discussed in the context of stroke nursing research. RESULTS: Postpositivist critical multiplism acknowledges the importance of human influence on knowledge development and enables nurse researchers to use multiple approaches to address complex human phenomena. In doing so, the unique perspectives of stakeholder groups including patients, family members, knowledge users can be respected. There are certain steps that can be used by critical multiplist investigators to approach stroke nursing research. Using these steps and the critical multiplist approach may minimize preconceptions or biases associated with using one research method over another and maximize confidence in resultant research knowledge. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6650753/ /pubmed/31367395 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.306 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Discursive Articles Tanlaka, Eric F. Ewashen, Carol King‐Shier, Kathryn Postpositivist critical multiplism: Its value for nursing research |
title | Postpositivist critical multiplism: Its value for nursing research |
title_full | Postpositivist critical multiplism: Its value for nursing research |
title_fullStr | Postpositivist critical multiplism: Its value for nursing research |
title_full_unstemmed | Postpositivist critical multiplism: Its value for nursing research |
title_short | Postpositivist critical multiplism: Its value for nursing research |
title_sort | postpositivist critical multiplism: its value for nursing research |
topic | Discursive Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6650753/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31367395 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.306 |
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