Patterns Of Knowing
Nursing care, patterns of knowing and their integration in nursing there are fundamental patterns of knowing that form the basis of knowledge that every nurse should possess. These are; science of nursing or empirics, the art of nursing or esthetics, the moral knowledge referred to as ethics, emancipator pattern which focuses on injustices that hinder health care and personal knowledge in nursing. When combined together, they are the necessary skills set that is valuable in the nursing discipline.
When all the patterns of knowing are addressed, the nursing practitioner is able to gain awareness in complex issues as well as diversity relating to nursing knowledge. When attending to patients, integrating the patterns of knowing is critical …show more content…
It is therefore right to say that during this period, there was literature about nursing and patient care that reflect the patterns of knowing were in existence despite the fact that it was until 1978 that Barbara Carper named them as such in her doctoral research.
According to Benner et al., (1996), one of these articles is the Trained Nurse and Hospital Review in 1915 where Charlotte Aikins who was a nursing educator, outlines the curriculum for ethics. In the educator’s perspective, ethics should cover customs as well as laws of the hospital and the student must be meek in accepting them. In addition, the student should observe personal virtues of importance so that they do no harm. Charlotte goes on to mention aspects of ‘health carriage, manner as well as good surgical techniques. All these factors illustrate how the patterns of knowing worked together even though not directly named so. What this educator did not mention was only one other aspect of patterns of knowing, empirical which refers to factual scientific knowledge (Benner et al., …show more content…
In an example where war resulting from political injustices causes victims, nurses have to be involved. In order to accord patient care to such victims, nurses can help in stopping the war by showing the medical impact on the victims. In order to change the nurse can influence leaders and effect emancipator change. In cases of politically driven clashes, it is difficult to employ emancipator change because of selfish interests of the political
When all the patterns of knowing are addressed, the nursing practitioner is able to gain awareness in complex issues as well as diversity relating to nursing knowledge. When attending to patients, integrating the patterns of knowing is critical …show more content…
It is therefore right to say that during this period, there was literature about nursing and patient care that reflect the patterns of knowing were in existence despite the fact that it was until 1978 that Barbara Carper named them as such in her doctoral research.
According to Benner et al., (1996), one of these articles is the Trained Nurse and Hospital Review in 1915 where Charlotte Aikins who was a nursing educator, outlines the curriculum for ethics. In the educator’s perspective, ethics should cover customs as well as laws of the hospital and the student must be meek in accepting them. In addition, the student should observe personal virtues of importance so that they do no harm. Charlotte goes on to mention aspects of ‘health carriage, manner as well as good surgical techniques. All these factors illustrate how the patterns of knowing worked together even though not directly named so. What this educator did not mention was only one other aspect of patterns of knowing, empirical which refers to factual scientific knowledge (Benner et al., …show more content…
In an example where war resulting from political injustices causes victims, nurses have to be involved. In order to accord patient care to such victims, nurses can help in stopping the war by showing the medical impact on the victims. In order to change the nurse can influence leaders and effect emancipator change. In cases of politically driven clashes, it is difficult to employ emancipator change because of selfish interests of the political