Patricia Benner

Question 1

Proponent of the Novice to Expert Nursing Theory

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PATRICIA BENNER

Question 2

● Person has no experience of
the situation
● Context-free rules and objective attributes guides performance

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NOVICE

Question 3

● Demonstrates marginally
acceptable performance
● Enough experience to grapes
aspects of the situation

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ADVANCED BEGINNER

Question 4

Consistency, predictability, and time management are important

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COMPETENT

Question 5

Performer perceives the situation as a whole rather than in terms of aspects

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PROFICIENT

Question 6

No longer relies on analytical principle to connect understanding of the situation
to appropriate action

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EXPERT

Question 7

“The nurse-patient relationship is not a uniform, professionalized blueprint but rather a kaleidoscope of intimacy and distance in some of the most dramatic, poignant, and mundane moments of life.”

Answer 7

Patricia Benner

Question 8

recurring meaning situational components recognized by the nurse because of previous experience

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Aspect of a Situation

Question 9

measurable properties of a situation that can be explained without previous experience

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Attributes of a Situation

Question 10

interpretively defined area of
skilled performance described by its intent,
functions, and meanings; unrelated to
competent stage

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Competency

Question 11

area of practice having a number of
competencies with similar intent, functions, and meanings

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Domain

Question 12

first-person experience narrative of
a clinical situation

Answer 12

Exemplar

Question 13

active process of refining and
changing preconceived theories, notions, and
ideas when confronted by actual situations

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Experience

Question 14

how to perform in a situation;
description of a skilled performance that
requires experience to recognize implications of instructions

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Maxim

Question 15

clinical experience that stands out and alters the way a nurse perceives future clinical situations; opens new clinical perspectives and alternatives

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Paradigm Case

Question 16

embodied knowledge where aspects
of a situation stand out as more or less
important

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Salience

Question 17

good conduct born out
of an individualized relationship with a patient;
socially embedded, lived, and embodied in
practices

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Ethical Comportment

Question 17

“interpretive”; describing and
studying meaningful human phenomena using
practical understanding without theoretical
assumptions

Answer 17

Hermeneutics

Question 18

development of senses, esthetics,
perceptual actuaries, relational skills, knowledge and dispositions as a nurse forms professional identity

Answer 18

Formation

Question 19

signature pedagogy in
nursing from the Educating Nurses study;

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Situated Coaching