Carper (1978) has identified four patterns of "knowing" upon which nursing practice is founded. Which pattern describes the ability of the nurse to assist a client in reaching health goals through the rapport established with this individual?
a. Empirics (the science of nursing)
b. Esthetics (the art of nursing)
c. Personal knowledge
d. Ethics (the moral component)
C
Personal knowledge "is concerned with the knowing, encountering, and actualizing of the con-crete, individual self" (Carper, 1978). This type of knowing deals with ways a nurse successfully assists a client to reach health goals through the rapport established with this individual.
The empiric pattern of knowing is "knowledge that is systematically organized into general laws and theories for the purpose of describing, explaining, and predicting phenomena of special con-cern to the discipline of nursing" (Carper, 1978).
The esthetic pattern of knowing "involves the active transformation of the patient's behaviour into a perception of what is significant in it—that is, what need is being expressed by the behav-iour" (Carper, 1978).
The ethical pattern of knowing "requires an understanding of different philosophical positions regarding what is good, what ought to be desired, and what is right; of different ethical frame-works devised for dealing with the complexities of moral judgements; and of various orientations to the notion of obligation" (Carper, 1978).
You might also like to view...
When explaining to a patient why his prostate is enlarging, the nurse will mention that which of the following hormones may contribute to the prostatic hyperplasia? Select all that apply
A) Glucocorticoids B) Testosterone C) Dihydrotestosterone D) Estrogens E) Progesterone
Two or more coders should extract data for a meta-synthesis, and intercoder reliability should be assessed
A) True B) False
A student nurse is doing clinical hours at an OB/GYN clinic. The student is helping to develop a plan of care for a patient with gonorrhea has presented at the clinic
The student knows that the care plan for this patient should be include what in the treatment of gonorrhea? A) Radiation therapy to destroy cancerous cells B) Avoid use of tampons C) Vaginal smear D) The patient should also be treated for chlamydia
The nurse is planning care for an older client who has very thin skin on the backs of the hands and arms. What is the client's priority problem?
a. Risk for injury b. Infection c. Poor self-image d. Discomfort