ABSTRACT
Objective:
to reflect on the Hypothetical-Deductive Method of Karl Popper and its applicability for the epistemological evaluation of the Graduate Programs in Nursing.
Method:
it is a theoretical and reflective study. Nursing as a science under construction needs to critically evaluate the epistemological foundations that demarcate it. Such an evaluation is abstruse to be carried out, since what is at issue is the validation of the program from the epistemological point of view of the production resulting from dissertations and theses, evaluating it in the philosophical perspective that underlies it. Undoubtedly it is a huge project and has its value in the action of unveiling the phenomenon that develops there, allowing to ratify or rectify the program. To direct its construction, the following guiding question is formulated: how can the Hypothetical-Deductive Method contribute to the epistemological evaluation of the Graduate Program in Nursing?
Results:
the text points out that the scientific demarcation of nursing is found in the study object of the program. This must be falsifiable, clear, precise, reflecting what is specific to nursing as a career and area of knowledge.
Conclusion:
admitted to be the role of nursing in the prevention and treatment of diseases, as well as the restoration and promotion of health, from the offer of nursing care, the fallibilism attitude in the researcher who works in the program can move it to a better understanding of the world around him and to evaluate the effective impact of their scientific production on the fulfillment of the purpose of the profession.
DESCRIPTORS:
Nursing; Education, graduate; Philosophy; Academic dissertations; Education; Knowledge; Nursing theory