While caring for a client with respiratory alkalosis caused by hyperventilation, the nurse decides that having students in the room may increase the client's anxiety and decides to assign another client for care
Which type of knowledge is the nurse demonstrating when assigning another client for care?
A) Empirical
B) Aesthetic
C) Creative
D) Personal
Answer: B
Aesthetic knowledge is the art of nursing and is expressed by nurses in their creativity and style in meeting the needs of clients. This nurse is demonstrating aesthetic knowledge by being sensitive to the client's needs during the assigned shift. Empirical knowledge ranges from factual, observable phenomena to theoretical analysis. Empirical knowledge is systematic and helps to describe, explain, and predict phenomena. Personal knowledge is concerned with the knowing, encountering, and actualizing of the concrete, individual self. Creativity is part of aesthetic knowledge.
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