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
refers to what exist
ONTOLOGY
ways of knowing
EPISTEMOLOGY
means of acquiring knowledge
METHODOLOGY
episteme, which means knowledge
logos, which means study, science, discourse
EPISTEMOLOGY
empirics, ethics, personal, aesthetic
PATTERNS OF KNOWING
science of nursing
knowledge obtained from books, lectures, journals, on line resources
EMPIRICS
derived from obvs and exp subjected to the sci meth of confirming the knowledge claim
EMPIRICS
the study of the origin of nursing knowledge, its structure, method
NURSING EPISTEMOLOGY
knowledge about knowledge
EPISTEMOLOGY
science or study of knowledge
EPISTEMOLOGY
branch of philosophy that defines and classify knowledge.
EPISTEMOLOGY
implies the possession of knowledge which is a product of thinking
KNOWING
moral knowledge in nursing
ETHICS
notions of moral right and wrong
ETHICS
addresses even the practical nature of decisions of a moral nature
ETHICS
concerns the capacity to be introspective and to be aware of one’s inner being
PERSONAL
encompasses knowledge of self in relation to other and self.
PERSONAL
involve therapeutic use of self
PERSONAL
focuses on empathy
AESTHETIC
the art of nursing
AESTHETIC
knowledge of doing or “know how”
AESTHETIC
spontaneous expression of the art / act of doing nursing
AESTHETIC
may be termed as artistry or mastery
AESTHETIC
nurses’ ability in changing ways or manner of rendering care based on individual’s need
AESTHETIC
