SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE Flashcards
information, skills, and expertise acquired by a person through life experiences, or through formal/informal learning
KNOWLEDGE
facts or information, awareness, or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation
KNOWLEDGE
perception, association, learning, reasoning, communication
TYPES OF COGNITIVE PROCESS
achieving understanding of sensory data
PERCEPTION
combining two or more concepts to form new concepts, or for comparison
ASSOCIATION
acquiring experience, skills, information, and values
LEARNING
mental process of seeking conclusions through reason
REASONING
transferring data from sender to receiver using different types of communication
COMMUNICATION
traditional, scientific, authoritative
SOURCES OF KNOWLEDGE
passed down from generation to generation
example: routine changing of bed linens as an important component of providing quality patient care
TRADITIONAL SOURCE/KNOWLEDGE
came from a scientific method through research
example: tepid sponge bath lowers body temp through evap
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
an idea by a person of authority which is perceived as true because of his/her experience.
example: nurse supervisors training a nurse beginner on how to insert urinary catheter.
AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE
advantage: systematic and accurate
disadvantage: requires time and effort
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
advantage: practical to implement
disadvantage: based on subjective data
in nursing, scientific knowledge through EBP and research serves as the main focus
TRADITIONAL and AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE
ontology, epistemology, methodology
FACETS OF KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT