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Four Ways of Knowing
Question | Answer |
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What should include the Four(4) Ways of Knowing? or What are the Four(4) Ways of Knowing? | 1) Empirics 2) Ethics 3) Personal 4) Aesthetics or Esthetics |
What is Empirics? | >the scientific discipline of Nursing |
What is Ethics? | >the moral directions of Nursing |
What is Personal? | >the method by which nurses approach their patients |
What is Aesthetics or Esthetics? | >deals with the emphatic aspect of Nursing |
What is Empirical Knowing? | >is the principal form relating factual and descriptive knowing aimed at the expansion of abstract and theoretical explanations. >the first primary model of knowing >information source of base of knowing |
What is the primary model of knowing that focuses on EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH for effective and accurate nursing practice. | >Empirical Knowing |
What Knowing that most theory & research development is concentrated and some conceptual forms have better capacity to explain nursing phenomena than others? | >Empirical Knowing |
Situation: David, a nursing student answers a question posed by the clinical instructor based on what he learned from the school. >What example of Knowing is this? | >Empirical Knowing |
Can you give examples of Empirical Knowing situations? | >a nurse researcher uses scientific method to produce desired study results. >a nurse practices nursing interventions based from accepted clinical practices. |
Any scientific, researched-based, theoretical and factual information that the nurse makes use of is under what Knowing? What are some examples of these? | >Empirical Knowing >Examples are: knowledge obtained from textbooks, lectures, journals and online resources. |
What is Personal knowledge or Self-knowledge? | >it is a concept and is achieved and realized by harnessing the nurse's collective stores of knowledge, character and profound experience. |
What should an exemplary nurse consciously or subconscioulsy practice being called? | >the FOUR WAYS of KNOWING |
Why is it important in knowing oneself in the area of Nursing? | >without it, one can not fully know the patient and can hinder provision of total care. |
Proper Nursing actions are result of what? | >Nursing actins are result of a good foundation which is an outcome of gathering and processing of information and experiences. |
What is Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)? | >it uses a form of evidence in making clinical judgement that may that may stem from tradition, authority, experience, trial & error, logic or reason and research. >involves accurate & thoughtful decision making about health care delivery for clients. |
What are the six(6) Characteristics of Quality Health Care that Reinforces Aspects of EBP? | 1)Client centered 2)Scientifically-based 3)Population outcome based 4)Developed through quality improvement & benchmarking 5)Individualized to client's need 6)Attuned with system policies and resources. |
What can bridge the gap of nursing practice and research to provide basis for nurses to transform research into quality care? | >The practice founded on EBP can bridge the gap fo nursing practice and research. |
What is a part of Empirical Knowing that is based on the result of the most relevant and supported evidence derived from research in response to client's preferences and expectations? | >Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) |
What are Evidence Reports? | >it is comprised of knowledge synthesis, review and documentation of how evidence-based practices are being implemented in the clinical area. >it can include discussion of the clinical significance and usefulness of such practices. |
How is the Evidence-Based Practice(EBP)applied? | >the nurse should: 1)become aware of the need for information, 2)develop of a question or problem statement to address the need; 3)conduct a systematic review on research studies that has been done on the particular topic. |
How is Systematic Review different from Literature Review? | >it utilizes all relevant literature from multiple sources which later undergoes rigorous and systematic evaluation. |
What should the Analysis of data describes in Evidence Reports? | >the Analysis of data describes the following: 1)Details of the analysis, 2)Traget population included in the study, 3)Types of clinical interventions investigated, 4)Strengths of individual and collective study results. |
What practice research promotes quality care that has been demonstrated to be effective? | >Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) |
What is Aesthetic Knowing? | >also known as Esthetics Knowing >is related to understanding what is of significance to particular patients such as feelings, attitudes, points of view (Carper 1978) >the manifestation of the creative and expressive styles of the nurse (Kenney 1996) |
What knowing is used int he process of giving appropriate nursing care through understanding the uniqueness of every patient, thus emphasizing use of creative and practical styles of care? | >Aesthetic Knowing |
What Knowing focuses on Empathy? | >Aesthetics Knowing |
What is Empathy? | >the ability for sharing or vividly understanding another's feelings. >the primary form of Aesthetic Knowing |
What type of Knowing includes the nurse's ability in changing ways and manner of rendering nursing care based on the client's individual needs and perceptions? | >Aesthetic Knowing |
What type of Knowing is done to know the distinctive individual instead as a typical, stereotype whole? (Carper 1978;Kenney 1996) | >Aesthetic Knowing |
Situation: Nurse places himself in the "patient's shoes" when communicating, giving judgement and providing care. What example of Knowing is this? | >Aesthetic Knowing |
Is showing compassion, mercy and understanding towards patients, co-workers and supervisors, an act of Aesthetic Knowing? Why? | >Yes, it is an act of Aesthetic Knowing >Empathy is shown, applied to the patient. |
When a nurse uses layman terms in explaining the needs of the patient, is the Knowing applied Empirical, Aesthetic or Personal? Why? | >Aesthetic Knowing >by applying Aesthetic Knowing, the nurse is able to use creativesness for the patient to better understand his/her condition. |
What is Ethical Knowing? | >requires knowledge of different philosophical positions regarding what is good and right in making moral actions and decisions, particularly in the theoretical and clinical components of nursing. |
What application of Knowing that involves the judgement of right and wrong in relation to intentions, reasons and attributes of individuals ans situations? | >Ethical Knowing |
What is the main basis for Ethical Knowing? | >main basis for Ethical Knowing: 1)Code of Morals and, 2)Code of Ethics |
Situation: Nurse presents himself as a patient advocate and defends his client's right to choose care. What is the kind of Knowing that is being applied in the situation? | >Ethical Knowing |
Is the type of Knowing applied to the situation below, the Ethical Knowing? Why? Situation: a clinical instructor reprimands a student who cheated on a quiz and explains the consequences. | >Ethical Knowing |
What is the kind of knowing when the concepts behind organ donation to a terminally-ill patient is being explained? | >Ethical Knowing |
Why is nursing a core service in society? | >Nursing is a core service in society because it lessens suffering, upholds and preserves health. |
What type of Knowing that includes all deliberate nursing actions involving and under the jurisdiction of ethics and professionalism? (Kenney 1996) | >Ethical Knowing |
What is Personal Knowing? | >encompasses knowledge of the self in relation to others and to self. >It involves the entirety of the Nurse-Patient Relationships. >focused on realizing, meeting and defining the real, true self. |
What is the type of Knowing that: 1)is the most difficult to master and teach; 2)the key to comprehending health in terms of personal well-being; 3)involves therapeutic use of self. | >Personal Knowing |
What type of Knowing that stresses that human beings are not in a fixed state but are constantly engaged in a dynamic state of changes? (Kenney 1996) | >Personal Knowing |
What kind of Knowing that takes a lot of time to fully know the nature of oneself in relation to the world around? | >Personal Knowing |
Situation: a nursing student, stirves to promote a meaningful personal relationship with his elderly patient. What kind of knowing is being applied here? | >Personal Knowing |
Situation: a nursing student undergoes Psychological Counseling and Self-Awareness sessions before his Psychiatric Nursing rotation. What type of Knowing is being applied? Why? | >Personal Knowing |