The nurse working with students on a medical unit describes the pathophysiology of a client with a respiratory acidosis condition as well as specific assessment findings. Which type of knowledge is the nurse demonstrating?

Question

1. Aesthetic
2. Empirical
3. Personal
4. Creative

Answer 1

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Aesthetic knowledge is the art of nursing and is expressed by nurses in their creativity and style in meeting the needs of clients.
Rationale 2: Empirical knowing ranges from factual, observable phenomena to theoretical analysis. Empirical knowledge is systematic and helps to describe, explain, and predict phenomena.
Rationale 3: Personal knowledge is concerned with the knowing, encountering, and actualizing of the concrete, individual self.
Rationale 4: Creativity is part of aesthetic knowledge.