UCLA School of Nursing



UCLA School of NursingUCLA Center for the Health SciencesLos AngelesN202 Philosophy of Nursing ScienceCourse Number and TitleN202 Philosophy of Nursing Science Number of Credits4 Credits Lecture/Seminar: 4 hoursCourse DescriptionThis course is designed to explore concepts of importance related to the history of philosophy, the history of science, and the philosophy of science as context for understandingfor the study of the philosophy of nursing science. Therefore, the course addresses genealogies of thought that underpin epistemological assumptions about knowledge and knowledge development in relation to the discipline of nursing, . Questions related to methods of inquiry (quantitative and qualitative), and scientific reasoning. will be addressed. Finally, contemporary schools of thought (modern and post-modern) will be analyzed in relation to nursing research, nursing practice, and the role of the nurse scientist as a leader in relation to policy development in the greater health care milieu. with an emphasis on their philosophical and historical roots in relation to nursing scholarship and nursing science.Placement of CourseThis is a required course in the first year of doctoral study in nursing.PrerequisitesDoctoral standing or consent of the instructor.Course ObjectivesUpon completion of this seminar, students will be able to:1. Critically evaluate the philosophical foundations of scientific knowledge in relation to the history of philosophy, the history of science, and the history of nursing science, with implications for contemporary leadership, policy, cultural competence, and ethical decision-making in the discipline of nursing (Critical thinking, Professional role development as nurse scientist).2. Generate analyses of research-based scholarship in the context of historical and, contemporary, traditional, and critical debates in epistemology, science, and in nursing science . (Critical thinking, Cultural competence, Professional role development as nurse scientist).3. Analyze the limitations of unexamined philosophical assumptions and associated socio-cultural or political leanings as well as and the benefits of philosophical clarity related to genealogies of thought that influence research and knowledge development research methodologies (quantitative and qualitative), theory, and practice, policy, and leadership in nursing science (Critical thinking, Cultural Competence, Research activity, Professional role development as nurse scientist).4. Distinguish key attributes of the “intrinsically social activity” of science within a community of scientific scholars and analyze the influence of these attributes on how research is funded, howthis has historically governed the way scientific results rare shared, and how new knowledge is createdleadership in the profession of nursing is developed, and how health policy is created, adapted, or enforced. (Critical thinking, Cultural competence, Professional role development as nurse scientist).5. Evaluate the economic, political, and moral implications of science and knowledge development in nursing science in relation to epistemology, subjectivity, philosophy, scientific reasoning, and competing paradigms, and subjectivity. (Critical thinking, Cultural competence, Professional role development as nurse scientist). ................
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