Patricia Benner Flashcards
Proponent of the Novice to Expert Nursing Theory
PATRICIA BENNER
● Person has no experience of
the situation
● Context-free rules and objective attributes guides performance
NOVICE
● Demonstrates marginally
acceptable performance
● Enough experience to grapes
aspects of the situation
ADVANCED BEGINNER
Consistency, predictability, and time management are important
COMPETENT
Performer perceives the situation as a whole rather than in terms of aspects
PROFICIENT
No longer relies on analytical principle to connect understanding of the situation
to appropriate action
EXPERT
“The nurse-patient relationship is not a uniform, professionalized blueprint but rather a kaleidoscope of intimacy and distance in some of the most dramatic, poignant, and mundane moments of life.”
Patricia Benner
recurring meaning situational components recognized by the nurse because of previous experience
Aspect of a Situation
measurable properties of a situation that can be explained without previous experience
Attributes of a Situation
interpretively defined area of
skilled performance described by its intent,
functions, and meanings; unrelated to
competent stage
Competency
area of practice having a number of
competencies with similar intent, functions, and meanings
Domain
first-person experience narrative of
a clinical situation
Exemplar
active process of refining and
changing preconceived theories, notions, and
ideas when confronted by actual situations
Experience
how to perform in a situation;
description of a skilled performance that
requires experience to recognize implications of instructions
Maxim
clinical experience that stands out and alters the way a nurse perceives future clinical situations; opens new clinical perspectives and alternatives
Paradigm Case
embodied knowledge where aspects
of a situation stand out as more or less
important
Salience
good conduct born out
of an individualized relationship with a patient;
socially embedded, lived, and embodied in
practices
Ethical Comportment
“interpretive”; describing and
studying meaningful human phenomena using
practical understanding without theoretical
assumptions
Hermeneutics
development of senses, esthetics,
perceptual actuaries, relational skills, knowledge and dispositions as a nurse forms professional identity
Formation
signature pedagogy in
nursing from the Educating Nurses study;
Situated Coaching
