Carper (1978) identified four fundamental patterns of knowing which are (1) empirics‚ or the science of nursing; (2) personal knowledge; (3) esthetics‚ or the art of nursing; and (4) ethics‚ or the moral component of nursing. The purpose of this discussion is to explain how each pattern of knowing affects this author’s practice‚ and to identify the author’s preferred paradigm and provide justification for choosing this paradigm. Empirical knowing is based on the belief that what someone knows
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The Wingfield Way Tennessee Williams’ play The Glass Menagerie gives readers a look into a truly dysfunctional family. At first it could seem as if their lives are anything but normal‚ but Amanda’s “impulse to preserve her single-parent family seems as familiar as the morning newspaper” (Presley 53). The Wingfields are a typical family just struggling to get by. Their problems‚ however‚ stem from their inability to effectively communicate with each other. Instead of talking out
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do anything to make the world a better place. Most of them gave up their time doing charity work‚ providing services for others‚ and wanting nothing back in return. There are many ways in helping others which can be classified into three fields of charity work: donation‚ volunteering‚ and giving advice. The first way to be charitable is to donate. Donation is an act of presenting something as a gift‚ grant‚ or contribution (Donation‚ 2013). There are many types of donation which are donating money
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all over the world which is growing even wider in order to be the largest carmaker in the world as mentioned in the article that they are ready to sweep past General Motor Corp. as the world’s biggest carmaker in the next year or so. 2. In what ways could Toyota use its skills to enter new businesses and industries to create a significant amount of value for the company? Toyota use the Toyota Production System with the principles of just-in-time delivery and kaizen or continuous improvement
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Subsistence and Economics "A way of life." Many people use this expression as a way to talk about their subsistence and how they perceive their everyday life. What they fail to recognize‚ however‚ is the fact that their way of living is connected in a much broader category than they think. Anthropologists study these categories broad‚ narrow‚ present‚ and past to try and find out what exactly a "way of life" was for individual cultures. By studying these cultures Anthropologists try and deduce different
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OF GUIDE WAY /SLIDE WAYS INTRODUCTION - The guide ways of a machine tool ensure that the machine tool operative element (e.g. saddle‚ cross slide‚ etc.) carrying the cutting tool‚ ( or job)‚ move along a predetermines path which may be a straight line (path0 as in lathe and drilling machines or a circular path as in a vertical torrent lathes. - Guide ways with sliding friction are known as slide ways - Guide ways with rolling friction are known as anti frication ways - Slide ways are either
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The United Way of America‚ based in Alexandria‚ Virginia‚ is a non-profit organization that works with more than 1‚200 local United Way offices throughout the country in a coalition of charitable organizations to pool efforts in fundraising and support. The focus of United Way is identifying and resolving pressing community issues‚ as well as making measurable changes in the communities through partnerships with schools‚ government agencies‚ businesses‚ organized labor‚ financial institutions‚ community
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I. The Silent Way On the years of 1960s’ the Audiolingual Method was under a strong challenge in the form of the "Cognitive Code" and an educational trend known as "Discovery Learning." These concepts most directly challenged the idea that language learning was all about mimicry and good "habit-formation." An emphasis on human cognition in language learning addressed issues such as learners being more responsible for their own learning - formulating independent hypotheses about the "rules" of
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Per.______ Robert W. Strayer Ways of the World: A Brief Global History Ways of the World: A Brief Global History with Sources Chapter 9‚ China and the World: East Asian Connections‚ 500-1300‚ Study Guide‚ (Original: pp. 241-267; With Sources: pp. 379-405) The Reemergence of a Unified China 1. What are some of the causes that allowed Buddhism and Daoism to creep into China? 2. In what way did the Sui Dynasty unify China from 589-618? 3. Discuss the ways in which the Tang and Song Dynasties
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Three ways of thinking There are three ways of thinking emphasised in this article: connective thinking‚ critical thinking and personal thinking.All this three ways are very important for students when they are studying and practicing in their work and life.The author argues that they are simply different ways of thinking about thinking that help us frame‚ describe‚ and understand the nature of executive reflective practice‚ not segmented cognitive activities.For my understanding‚ it is apparent
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