A nurse has been asked to be a member of a hospital's internal review board and evaluate research studies. Which characteristic does this nurse most likely possess?
1. Sound empirical knowledge
2. Sound personal knowledge
3. Sound aesthetic knowledge
4. Sound ethical knowledge
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Empirical knowledge is systematically organized into laws and theories for the purpose of describing, explaining, and predicting phenomena.
Rationale 2: Personal knowledge promotes wholeness and integrity in the personal encounter.
Rationale 3: Aesthetic knowledge is the art of nursing and is expressed by the individual nurse through his or her creativity and style in meeting the needs of clients.
Rationale 4: Ethical knowing focuses on matters of obligation or what ought to be done and goes beyond simply following the ethical codes of the discipline. Internal review boards review research projects and determine whether they meet sound, ethical standards. The more sensitive and knowledgeable the nurse is to these issues, the more "ethical" the nurse will be.
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