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Introductions; Course Overview
Development of Nursing knowledge: Epistemological issues |
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Historical Perspectives on Theory Development |
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Focus of the Discipline and Nursing Metaparadigm |
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Concept Development(I)-From phenomena to concept |
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Concept Development(II)-Concept Clarification |
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Concept Development(III)-Concept Analysis |
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Models for Nursing Knowledge Development (I) |
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Models for Nursing Knowledge Development (II)
(First assignment due) |
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Strategies for Theory Development (I) |
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Strategies for Theory Development (II) |
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Strategies for Theory Development (III) |
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Student presentation (Concept analysis) and discussion |
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Putting It All Together: Theory, Research, and Practice |
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Analysis and Evaluation of Theory(I) (II) |
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Student Presentation (Theory development and evaluation) |
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Student Presentation (Theory development and evaluation) |
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