week 4: patterns of knowing in nursing

Question 1

what is knowing?

Answer 1

a form of knowledge gained through experience and shaped by the unique perspective of the individual

Question 2

what are empirics in knowing?

Answer 2

-the “science” of nursing
-empirical, factual, descriptive, and ultimately aimed at developing abstract and theoretical explanations

Question 3

what are ethics in knowing?

Answer 3

the “moral” dimension of nursing
-requires thinking through value conflicts, perspectives, and principals that may be in “tension”
-involves all voluntary actions that are deliberate and subject to the judgement of right and wrong

Question 4

what is personal knowing?

Answer 4

-the therapeutic use of self
-recognizing and valuing uniqueness
-actualizing an authentic personal relationship between 2 people

Question 5

what is aesthetics knowing?

Answer 5

• the “art” of nursing
  -involves active transformation of patient behaviour into perceptions of what is significant and what need is being expressed by the behaviour

Question 6

what is emancipatory knowing?

Answer 6

-“praxis” of nursing
-“is this equitable? what needs to change?”
-eliminating inequality and injustice