Poggenpoel M
Rand Afrikaans University.
Curationis. 1996 Jun;19(2):36-7.
One of the determinants for decision-making in conducting psychiatric nursing research is the researchers' framework of reference he/she works from. This framework of reference refers to the way in which researcher views reality and is called a paradigm and consists of metatheoretical, theoretical and methodological assumptions. The metatheoretical assumptions reflect the researcher's view of a person, health, nursing and environment. These are beliefs and cannot be tested and are accepted to be true for the researcher. The theoretical assumptions are deducted from the metatheoretical assumptions and can be formulated into central statements or hypothesis and be validated through research. Nursing for the Whole Person Theory has a set of metatheoretical, theoretical and methodological assumptions that can provide direction in conducting psychiatric nursing research. In this paper the application of Nursing for the Whole Person Theory in conducting psychiatric nursing research will be demonstrated by using a completed psychiatric nursing research study as an example.
开展精神科护理研究时，决策的决定因素之一是研究者所依据的参考框架。这种参考框架指的是研究者看待现实的方式，被称为范式，它由元理论、理论和方法论假设组成。元理论假设反映了研究者对人、健康、护理和环境的看法。这些是信念，无法进行检验，对研究者来说被视为真实的。理论假设是从元理论假设推导出来的，可以被表述为核心陈述或假设，并通过研究进行验证。全人护理理论有一套元理论、理论和方法论假设，可为开展精神科护理研究提供指导。本文将以一项已完成的精神科护理研究为例，展示全人护理理论在精神科护理研究中的应用。
