The epistemology of nursing
Is nursing a social science? Does it belong to the field of
natural sciences? Does it fall into both categories? Is it an applied science
or, on the contrary, a practical science? Can we consider the possibility of
building nursing knowledge from a transdisciplinary perspective?
The aim of this research line is to deepen the nature,
structure and rationality on which nursing knowledge is based, as well as study
its development and implications for the professional practice. This research
line also includes analysis of the theoretical and methodological perspectives
required to access the disciplinary knowledge of nursing.
Team
- Miss. Mª Dolores Bardallo
Porras
- Miss. Encarna Rodríguez
Higueras.
- Miss. M. Immaculada Bordas
Alsina.
- Mr. Carlos Carreras de
Nadal
- Miss. Núria Borrell Felip
- Miss. Carmen Oliver Vera
- Miss. Georgeta Ion
- Mr. David Durán Gisbert
- Miss. Mª Lourdes
Torrabadella Blanco
- Miss. Anna Mª Obradors Ascón
Research projects
- Project 1: “Between teaching and
learning: a space for sharing knowledge. Doctoral thesis”
Research centre: Universitat Internacional de
Catalunya, Hospital General de Catalunya and Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí.
Funding body: Personal
Chief researcher: Mª Dolores Bardallo Porras
Duration: 2005 - 2008
Description: This project aims to study the educational interaction between
practising students and professionals in nursing care, from the joint
perspective of the student and the professional. The objective of this project
is to identify the strategies used by professionals in transferring practical
knowledge about care and the student’s perception of learning.
- Project 2: “The tutoring of
nursing students as a permanent training and professional development strategy”
Research centre: Universitat Internacional de
Catalunya, Hospital General de Cataunya and Coporació Sanitària Parc Taulí
Funding body: Personal
Chief researcher: Mª Dolores Bardallo Porras
Researchers: Encarna Rodriguez Higueras, Lourdes Torrabadella Blanco, Dolors
Chacón Sánchez, Anna Obradors Ascón
Duration: 2006-2009
Description: The objective of this research line is to understand and interpret
the perception that nursing tutors have about teaching activities and the
implications that this activity has on the practice of nursing and the
professional development of the tutors.
- Project 3: “Cooperative organisation
of the classroom and acquisition of nursing skills”
Research centre: Universitat Internacional de
Catalunya
Funding body: Personal
Chief researcher: Mª Dolores Bardallo Porras
Researchers: David Durán Gisbert
Duration: September 2004 – July 2008
Description: Study of the perception of learning and the acquisition of
communication skills in nursing based on the teaching-learning cooperative
model.
- Project 4: “The philosophy of
care: perspective of nursing students versus the perspective of nursing care professionals”
Research centre: Universitat Internacional de
Catalunya, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí
Funding body: Personal
Chief researcher: Mª Jesús López Parra
Researchers: Mª Dolores Bardallo Porras, Dr. Adelaida Zabalegui Yárnoz.
Duration: 2006-2009
Description: To analyse the perspective of nursing students and professionals
in relation to the concepts of people, health, nursing and environment as a
basis for the nursing paradigm.
- Project 5: “Validation of an
instrument for measuring the quality of service in education”
Research centre: Universitat de Barcelona
Funding body: Universidad de Barcelona
Chief researcher: Dr. Inmaculada Bordas Alsina
Researchers: Mª Dolores Bardallo Porras, Carlos Carreras de Nadal, Dr. Núria
Borrell Felip, Dr. Carmen Oliver Vera, Georgeta ION.
Duration: 2005-2007
Description: The objective of this initial project is to evaluate the SERVQUAL
instrument based on the Quality of Service model for the evaluation of
education as a service versus education as a product.