(Solution) NR 501 Week 2 Discussion: Ways of Knowing – Chamberlain

Course 

NR 501 Theoretical Basis For Advanced Nursing Practice

Preparing the Assignment

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. 

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.
  • Briefly explain the situation
  • Identify the nursing issue inherent in the identified situation
  • As a method of refection, use Carper’s Patterns of Knowing to analyze the situation. In your discussion, address ONE of the following Patterns of Knowing:
    • 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? How will this apply to your practice as a nurse practitioner? Be sure to use scholarly literature to support your position.

SOLUTION 

For context, I work in a medical ICU. Recently, I was taking care of a 23 year old young man. He was on an extended trip from Venezuela with his brother, sister in law and girlfriend. They were at the beach on a Sunday and he got caught in a rip tide. He drowned in the ocean. When he was finally located and pulled from the water, he was unresponsive and did not have a pulse. He was resuscitated on the beach and brought to our emergency department where he coded again, and was resuscitated again. His immediate workup showed an anoxic brain injury. His clinical exam was consistent with brain death, but his heart was beating on its own. The neurologist who examined him signed brain death paperwork on Monday. At my facility, policy is that two MDs must determine a patient meets brain death criteria..…..please click the icon below to purchase full solution at $5