PATRICIA BENNER

Question 1

PATRICIA BENNER THEORY

Answer 1

NOVICE TO EXPERT THEORY

Question 2

• Born in Hampton, Virginia
• Childhood: California (early and professional education)

Answer 2

Patricia Benner

Question 3

Benner adapted _____________ of skill acquisition. Benner applied it to her work “From Novice to Expert.”

Answer 3

Hubert Dreyfus Model

Question 4

Benner’s model is situational and describes five levels of skill acquisition and development.

Answer 4

N – NOVICE
AB – ADVANCE BEGINNER
C – COMPETENT
P – PROFICIENT
E – EXPERT

Question 5

*The person has NO background experience of the situation.
*Context free rules and objectives attributes must be given to guide performance.
*There is difficulty discerning between relevant vs irrelevant aspects of situation.
* STUDENT NURSES

Answer 5

NOVICE

Question 6

*Nurses at this level demonstrate a new ability to see changing Relevance in a situation, including recognition and implementation of skilled Responses to the situation as it evolves. *Nurses are more confident with their knowledge and abilities.

Answer 6

PROFICIENT

Question 7

*The person can demonstrate marginally acceptable performance, having coped with enough real situations, or to have pointed out by a mentor.
*Nurses functioning at this level are guided by rules and are oriented by task completion.

Answer 7

ADVANCE BEGINNER

Question 7

*Consistency, predictability and time management.
*Anxiety exists over learning and performing well without making mistakes
*Recognize Patterns (which elements of the situation warrant attention and which can be ignored)
*Prioritize and Plan
*Less supervision

Answer 7

COMPETENT

Question 8

*Nurses have an intuitive grasp of the situation, and as being able to identify the region of the problem without losing time considering a range of alternative diagnoses and solutions.
*Expert nurses “know the patient.”

Answer 8

EXPERT

Question 9

No experience?

Answer 9

NOVICE

Question 10

Key aspects of expert nurse:

Answer 10

1. Demonstrating a clinical grasp and resource-based practice
2. Possessing embodied know how
3. Seeing the big picture
4. Seeing the unexpected

Question 11

Acceptable performance?

Answer 11

ADVANCE BEGINNER

Question 12

Consistent? May recognize pattern?

Answer 12

CONPETENT

Question 13

Skilled response?

Answer 13

PROFICIENT

Question 14

Know the patient?

Answer 14

EXPERT

Question 15

_____________ rather than environment, because situation conveys a social environment with social definition and meaningfulness.

Answer 15

Situation

Question 16

NEVER BACK DOWN
NEVER WHAT!?

Answer 16

NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!