Chamberlain University Week 2 Carper Patterns of Knowing Essay

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.

Part Two

Write 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on ways of knowing and the use of metaparadigm in the NP role.

Provide one specific example of how you achieved the weeklyobjectives.

What do you value most about your learning this week?

What else about the weekly topics do you need to explore to further grow as a future NP?