Class 4 - Ways of Knowing PDF

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Class 4: Pattern of Knowing Knowledge: - A belief that is justified as true with absolute certainty - Comes from: Social Relationships, Traditions/Culture, Experience, Theory (truth/facts/science) Epistemology: - A branch of philosophy concerned with the sources of knowledge of truth and the methods used to acquire it - Knowledge that is needed in order to accomplish or understand something.

Ontology: Examination of the nature of being or reality Patterns of Knowing Empirics (Carper 1978) -

What is it? How does it work? What is done and how Evidence Based Organized into general laws and theories Systematic Analyzing Factual Descriptive

Aesthetics (Carper 1978) - Perceiving or grasping the nature of a situation - Intuition and Empathy - Who is doing it and why - What does it mean? - How is it significant? Ethics (Carper 1978) - What is right or wrong? - Morals - Obligations & Responsibilities - Is it right? - Is it responsible? - CNA code of ethics

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Accountability Advocacy

Personal Knowing (Carper 1978) - Do I know what I do? - Do I do what I know? - Reflection - Perceiving - Thoughtfulness - Related to reflective practice - One strives to simply know thy self Reflective practice - Active process - Asking why you do the things you do - Asking questions that explore your values, beliefs, assumptions - Looking back on an experience to understand why could be changed or remain the same - 4 attributes: Being present, Open-mindedness, Whole heartedness, responsibility

Sociopolitical Knowing (White) - Identifies the impact society, culture & economics have on health - Understanding power structures - Whose voice is heard? - Whose voice is silenced? - Looking at the bigger picture - Prevention and education

Unknowing (Munhall & Heath) - Observation - Approach - Openness - Ignorance Emancipatory Knowing (Chinn & Kramer) - Questions assumptions and challenges the status quo - Looks at gaps of contextual information - Loos at why there is that gap - Acknowledges a greater rage of historical and contextual considerations Praxis -

Occurs when you use all patterns of knowing for social justice

Goals (Final Outcome)

Discipline of Nursing - Expand knowledge about experiences through conceptualization/research - Establishing a specialized knowledge base - To guide knowledge and theories Profession of Nursing (Aim) - To ensure safe, competent and ethical patient care - Health promotion - Illness prevention - Restore health Nursing Knowledge - Broad array of information and knowledge from other disciplines - Nurses take that knowledge and apply to practice Paradigm - Common philosophical orientation that serves to define the nature of discipline - Two views: Received vs Perceived Received View - One truth - Objective (measurement/observation) - Quantitative Perceived View - Multiple truths - Subjective - Qualitative (perceptions/experiences) Metaparadigm 1) 2) 3) 4)

Person: The individual family, group, or community that is the recipient of nursing care Nursing: The actions taken by nurse on behalf of or together with the client Environment: Social and physical environment Health: Client’s state of wellness/illness

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McGill Model Specific to a discipline

Peterson’s Core Beliefs 1) Holistic View of Persons 2) Commitment to caring as an expression of the human mode of being

3) Perspective on education that acknowledges the unity of mind-body-spirit and recognition of the universe of knowledge that is necessary to achieve and makes a contribution to human understanding 4) A view of humans in relationship with awareness of ethical-moral bonds...