Ideally nursing Knowledge is when the nurse has an adequate comprehension about the individual patient being‚ as far as physical‚ psychological‚ social‚ cultural and spiritual needs‚ when she or he has Knowledge about the environment of care such as safety‚ policy and evidence based practice in the delivery of care to the patient. Nursing knowledge is to be capable to promote health and care for the sick or health dependent people. According to Carper (1978) “the process of knowing encompasses of
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Importance of Knowing the Patient in Nursing Care Knowing the patient is a reoccurring theme in a nurse’s life. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the specific understanding of knowing the patient‚ and the important role it has on nursing practice. Understanding the patient’s needs‚ and learning typical patterns of the patient increases the overall care given and critical for overall clinical decision making (Tanner‚ Benner‚ Chesla‚ & Gordon‚ 1993). The article The Phenomenology of Knowing the Patient
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Research Article Deborah King‚ RN/BSN University of Mary Theoretical Perspective Advanced Nursing Practice 501Nur Plastic Surgical Nursing Journal printed an article in March 2007 written by Carol Benton‚ BSN‚ RN‚ CWCN. The Wound Care Center had to establish goals in 2004 per the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations (JCAHO) as part of a safety goal for improving compliance with staff and hand hygiene. In this research article Benton had doctors observed for two 4-hour
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I have integrated the patterns of knowing in making ethical decisions by reconciling the praxis of nursing (which involves reflecting about the problem and then taking action to positively solve the problem for the benefit of all) with the four other patterns of knowing (ethics‚ empiric‚ personal knowing and aesthetics). From personal experience (personal knowing) as a Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse‚ patients with large abdominal wounds on Negative pressure wound therapy also undergo serial surgical
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The Use of Ways of Knowing in a Clinical Scenario Fabiola Benoit Saint Joseph’s College Abstract The use of ways of knowing is assumed to be a valid and necessary strategy in providing adequate care in the nursing field. Carper has developed four ways of knowing that has become essential in a nurses every day practice. Carper’s four fundamental patterns of knowing are defined as empirical‚ ethical‚ personal and aesthetic. Empirical knowledge is defined as the science of nursing. Aesthetic knowledge
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(2006). Fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing. In W.K. Cody‚ (Ed). Philosophical and theoretical perspectives for advanced nursing practice (p.p.19-26). (4th ed). Sudbury‚ MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. In this chapter (Carper‚ 2006) looks at the patterns of knowing. What does it really mean to know? The author looks at what kinds of knowledge is valued‚ and who values that knowledge.There are four fundamental components; (1) the empirics of nursing‚ looks at providing explanation
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This article is about the pattern of knowing and understanding of knowing in nursing. The knowledge is can be arbitrary and artificial‚ therefore‚ the critical thinking and understanding about the knowledge is necessary. The four patterns of knowledge are distinguished. The first is empirics of the science of nursing. The knowledge of nursing science has to be systematically organized in order to apply general law and theories. Thus‚ it can be described and explained. The systematically organized
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Ways of Knowing in Nursing Practice Erica Walters Aspen University November 2014 Ways of Knowing in Nursing Practice Multiple ways of knowing are employed in the discipline of nursing. Traditionally‚ four patterns of nursing knowledge‚ or ways of knowing‚ have been used in the field of nursing. These include empirics‚ or the science of nursing‚ esthetics‚ or the art of nursing‚ personal knowledge‚ and ethics (McEwen & Wills‚ 2011). By combining these ways of knowing‚ a nurse develops
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reason rather than experience. This piece of thinking has influenced nursing sector for many years so as to get intricate in formulising the understanding in order to become legitimate and explicit. However‚ human meanings and concerns are difficult to be formalised. Therefore‚ nursing theorist has considered other legitimate methods of knowing. (Tanner et al.‚ 1993) Carper’s paper on “pattern of knowing” was a milestone in the nursing literature which extended in a fresh perception‚ understanding of
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Nursing practice draws upon several different ways of knowing LIZ BERRAGAN BN‚ RGN‚ PGCE‚ RNT Freelance Nurse Teacher‚ Agency Nurse‚ c/o General Supply Squadron‚ Cyprus Logistic Unit‚ RAF Akrotiri‚ BFP0 57‚ Cyprus Accepted for publication 8 December 1996 Summary • This paper explores the proposition that nursing practice draws upon several different ways of knowing. • It highlights difficulties often faced by practising nurses in defining what they do and hence what it is that constitutes
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