Morse J M, Bottorff J L
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 1990 Apr;12(3):53-64. doi: 10.1097/00012272-199004000-00006.
Although the pragmatic implications for observational research in nursing are profound, these techniques are underused. In this article the methods of ethology, or the systematic detailed study of behavior, and its application to clinical nursing research are described. The authors suggest that ethology may be used to explore behavior in cognitively impaired, elderly patients, psychiatric patients, and infants. The authors also suggest that ethology is suited for examining subconscious or transitory phenomena, such as pain responses, that are unsuited to self-report methods.
尽管这些技术对护理领域的观察性研究具有深远的实际意义，但却未得到充分利用。本文描述了行为学方法，即对行为进行系统详细研究的方法，及其在临床护理研究中的应用。作者们认为，行为学可用于探究认知受损的老年患者、精神科患者及婴儿的行为。作者们还认为，行为学适合用于研究诸如疼痛反应等不适于自我报告方法的潜意识或短暂现象。
