Abstract
Phenomenology is one of several qualitative research traditions. Undergraduate and graduate nursing students have sought to understand the differences between Husserl’s descriptive and Heidegger’s interpretive phenomenology. This article is a basic resource for nursing students that describes and interprets the differences between the two philosophical phenomenological schools of thought. The origin of phenomenology is presented. A descriptive and an interpretive article from two peer reviewed nursing journals are compared and contrasted based on their purpose, data collection and data analysis. The selected articles were chosen based on their topic of relevance related to nursing students in educational settings.
Highlights
Nursing is concerned with delivering quality care and understanding people
The aim of this article is to present an educational resource for nursing students, which illustrates the differences between Husserl and Heidegger phenomenological philosophy through the description of two peer reviewed nursing articles that employ either phenomenological approach in a nursing educational setting
The two selected articles were based on research topics that would be most relevant for nursing students, which could foster greater understanding of interpretive and descriptive phenomenology
Summary
Nursing is concerned with delivering quality care and understanding people. In order for nurses to appreciate the depth of their patients, they engage in recognizing and validating the whole person and their unique experiences. Many nurses are interested in conducting phenomenological research, perhaps, because it takes into consideration the values of the individual’s experience and their whole being. The aim of this article is to present an educational resource for nursing students, which illustrates the differences between Husserl (descriptive) and Heidegger (interpretive) phenomenological philosophy through the description of two peer reviewed nursing articles that employ either phenomenological approach in a nursing educational setting. The two selected articles were based on research topics that would be most relevant for nursing students, which could foster greater understanding of interpretive and descriptive phenomenology. Will nursing students who use a resource that examines the differences between Edmund Husserl (descriptive) and Martin Heidegger (interpretive) philosophies of phenomenology increase their understanding of the two phenomenological schools of thought? The question for this article is: What are the differences between the philosophical traditions of Husserl and Heidegger?
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