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A Study Based on Rogers' Science": An 8 page paper evaluating this article. This is a qualitative study that could be used as a model for any in the medical community that might be apprehensive at the very mention of the word qualitative. It is sound, well done, valid, replicatable to a high degree and arrives at conclusions based on data collected and observed. There is a place for qualitative research in nursing, and Smith's article illustrates its usefulness as well as its respectability when done properly. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Qualitative research has moved into nursing research rather recently and in many cases has not yet been specifically defined. Many of those
so highly trained in and accustomed to quantitative methods retain a lingering distrust of the qualitative approach, one that often has not been done well and has resulted in works
that cannot be considered "real" science. This article by Dorothy Woods Smith is not one that qualifies as sloppy work, however. The
author illustrates that qualitative research not only can result in meaningful conclusions that add to the current body of knowledge, but that it also can result in conclusions that can
translate from research to practice right away, and on nearly any level. This makes it of great use to nurses at all levels of education and certification.
Theoretical Background Rogers model is similar to Neumans in that both theorists view the individual as a
complete system. The addition that Rogers makes - and the point of diversion between the two theories - is that the individual is a unified whole whereas Neuman characterizes
the individual as a complete system with identifiable and separate segments. Neumans system theory has been widely studied and used, and it provides a useful view of the patient
as a collection of integrated systems. Rogers, however, takes that integration to a level that Neuman does not. Rogers presents the individual
as a unified whole, one that does consist of systems, but one in which those systems are not single components that can exist and function on their own, separately from
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