Carper's Patterns of Knowing
Think of a surprising or challenging practice situation in which you felt underprepared, unprepared, or uncomfortable.
-Select an important nursing issue/topic that was inherent to the identified situation.
-As a method of refection, use Carper's Patterns of Knowing to analyze the situation. In a two- to three-page paper address the following:
*Briefly explain the situation
*Identify the nursing issue inherent in the identified situation
*What do you think was the underlying reason for the situation? (Esthetics)
*What were your thoughts and feeling in the situation? (Personal)
*What was one personal belief that impacted your actions? (Ethics)
*What evidence in nursing literature supports the nursing importance of the identified issue? (Empirical)
*What new insights did you gain through this reflective practice opportuni