The nurse working with students on a medical unit describes the ...

[lidoalex]

The nurse working with students on a medical unit describes the pathophysiology of a client with a respiratory acidosis condition as well as specific assessment findings. Which type of knowledge is the nurse demonstrating?
 
  1. Aesthetic
  2. Empirical
  3. Personal
  4. Creative

Question 2

A nurse educator is teaching students about the philosophy of caring in nursing and states that nurses can only be truly caring if they are true to themselves first.
 
  This action then emphasizes the importance of nurses knowing themselves, which brings about a process that allows the nurse to be with another person. Whose theory is the educator using to teach the concept of caring?
  1. Roach
  2. Ray
  3. Boykin and Schoenhofer
  4. Watson

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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Aesthetic knowledge is the art of nursing and is expressed by nurses in their creativity and style in meeting the needs of clients.
Rationale 2: Empirical knowing ranges from factual, observable phenomena to theoretical analysis. Empirical knowledge is systematic and helps to describe, explain, and predict phenomena.
Rationale 3: Personal knowledge is concerned with the knowing, encountering, and actualizing of the concrete, individual self.
Rationale 4: Creativity is part of aesthetic knowledge.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: Roach's theory focuses on caring as a philosophical concept and proposes that caring is the human mode of being, or the most common, authentic criterion of humanness.
Rationale 2: Ray's theory of caring focuses on caring in organizations and is influenced by the organizational structure.
Rationale 3: Boykin and Schoenhofer emphasize the importance of the nurse knowing oneself as caring. Through knowing oneself as a caring person, the nurse can be authentic to self, freeing oneself to truly be with others.
Rationale 4: Watson views caring as the essence and the moral ideal of nursing.

[lidoalex]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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