Nursing practice is guided by Carper's four fundamental patterns ...

[dakota nelson]

Nursing practice is guided by Carper's four fundamental patterns of knowing. Which of the four patterns of knowing support the nurse's use of the evidence-based practice process?
 
  a. Ethics
  b. Personal knowing
  c. Empirical knowing
  d. Aesthetic knowing

Question 2

Which of the following is important for the nurse to consider in selecting the design and layout of a critical appraisal tool?
 
  a. Design and layout differ but measure the same areas.
  b. Design and layout differ, and reliability measures differ.
  c. Design, layout, and reliability are similar but relevancy differs.
  d. Design, layout, and reliability differ but trustworthiness is the same.

[shailee]

Answer to Question 1

C
Carperidentifies four fundamental patterns of knowing to provide excellent patient care. These four ways of knowing are (1) empirical knowing, (2) ethics, (3) personal knowing, and (4) aes-thetic knowing. Empirical knowing is ideal for use in the evidence-based practice process in that it focuses on methods of critically appraising and applying available data and research to un-derstand and inform clinical decision making.

Answer to Question 2

A
The nurse remembers that there are three basic questions that are universal for any type of re-search study. Critique appraisal tools differ slightly in design and layout, but each tool asks these same questions of the research study: (1) Is it worth looking at the results of this study, can I trust the results (reliability)? (2) What are the results? (3) Are the results relevant for the patient?

[dakota nelson]

Excellent

[tanna.moeller]

TYSM