at the end of Week 2. The guidelines are below and the guidelines and grading rubric for this assignment are also located in Course Resources.

Purpose

Nursing knowledge is classified in a variety of ways, one of which is Carper’s Patterns of Knowing (Carper, 1978). Carper’s framework offers a lens through which the nurse can reflect upon insights acquired through empirical, ethical, personal, and aesthetic knowledge (Carper, 1978). Through intentional reflection using Carper’s Patterns of Knowing, nurses can process experiential learning and knowledge acquired through practice. The purpose of this assignment is to reflect upon a specific practice situation and better understand the professional knowledge and insights obtained through that experience.

Course Outcomes

Through this assessment, the student will meet the following Course Outcomes:

Demonstrate logical and creative thinking in the analysis and application of theory to nursing practice. (CO #1)
Examine broad theoretical concepts as foundational to advanced nursing practice roles. (CO #3)

Total Points Possible

This assignment is worth 100 points.

Due Date

Submit your file by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday at the end of Week 2.

Requirements

Criteria for Content

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:
Brieflyexplain 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 opportunity?

Solution:

Carper’s Ways of Knowing

Carper’s ways of knowing comprise of four distinct patterns of knowing namely empirical, esthetic, personal, as well as ethical knowledge. As espoused by Jasper (2003), all the four patterns are imperative as they form the body of knowledge which acts as a foundation in nursing practice. In this view, this case provides a clinical case of how the four patterns were applied in my situation.

Description of the Situation

On 10th November 2017, I received a call to fill in for the nurse who would not make it to report to work and there was an emergency in NICU. Upon reporting to work, I was supposed to take charge of two infants who had Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and one of them was in an emergency condition. The male and female infants had recently been transferred to NICU to manage the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome after 48 hours from birth. The nurses were not enough and hence I had to fill in for the nurse to ensure effective care in the NICU as well as help in handling the emergency situation in the NICU. The only nurse who was available was a nurse from a special unit for the burn. This means he could not manage to take care of both the infants in the burn unit and those in the NICU.

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