Individually prepare a formal 2-3 page paper (APA format) identifying which world view most closely matches
your own and provide examples (10 points). Discuss your own beliefs about the 4 concepts in nursing’s
metaparadigm (40 points- 10 points for each concept) and provide examples of how you define nursing,
person, environment, and health (20 points). Discuss how your views might change (10 points). The paper
should conform to the Basic Writing Expectations and APA guidelines and include a reference list if citations
are used in the body of the paper. It is ok to use the first person when writing this paper. No abstract is needed.
Ten percent deduction for each day the assignment is late
You may want to consider the following world views of (1) Received View - Empiricism or (2) Perceived View -
Humanism. I have compared the characteristics of both views.
Received View—Empiricism
Perceived View—Humanism
Reality/truth considered separate from context
Reality/truth considered in context
Objective
Subjective
Prediction and control
Description and understanding
Deductive
Inductive
One truth
Multiple truths
Quantitative research methods
Qualitative research methods
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