NR 501 Week 2 Assignment; Reflective Essay Guidelines

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Institution	Chamberlain
Contributor	Lewis

Description

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.

Requirements:

1. Think of a surprising or challenging practice situation in which you felt underprepared, unprepared, or uncomfortable.

2. Select an important nursing issue/topic that was inherent to the identified situation.

3. 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:

a)Briefly explain the situation
b)Identify the nursing issue inherent in the identified situation
c)What do you think was the underlying reason for the situation? (Esthetics)
d)What were your thoughts and feeling in the situation? (Personal)
e)What was one personal belief that impacted your actions? (Ethics)
f)What evidence in nursing literature supports the nursing importance of the identified issue? (Empirical)
g)What new insights did you gain through this reflective practice opportunity?

Preparing The Paper:

1. Application: Use Microsoft Word 2013 to create the written component of this assessment.

2. Length:

a. The paper (excluding the title page and reference page) should be at least two but no more than three pages.

3. A minimum of two (2)scholarly literature sources must be used.

4. Submission: Submit your file to the Canvas course site by the due date/time indicated.