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Assignment:
Patterns of Knowing & Nursing Theory
Concept: Professional Nursing
Purpose: The main purpose of this assignment is for you to provide a rationale for the importance of patterns of nursing knowledge. You will also critique selected nursing theories that guide nursing practice.
Task: Patterns of Knowing & Nursing Theory
Discussion Assignment:
Read Chapter (Patterns of Knowing and Nursing Science) of your textbook about Ways of Knowing that include the following: Empirical Knowing, Personal Knowing, Aesthetic Knowing, Ethical Knowing. Other Ways of Knowing (sociopolitical knowing, emancipatory knowing, unknowing).
Patterns of Knowing:
In your discussion post, respond to the following prompts:
- Why are the patterns of knowledge (ways of knowing) important for professional nurses?
- Which of the following patterns of knowledge (ways of knowing) do you identify with most and why? The three primary processes of knowing are rationalism, empiricism, and intuition
Nursing Theory:
After reading Hood chapter, Visit the Clayton State University Nursing Theory website:
Select one of the nursing theory websites listed on the Clayton State University Nursing Theory website and respond to the following prompts in your discussion post:
- Describe the nursing theory you found (include the name or names of the nurse theorists)?
- Provide an example describing how you could apply this theory to your current or future practice setting.