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Ways of Knowing in Nursing: The Historical Evolution of a Concept
Zander
What did Zander do?
Added patterns of knowing from a literature review
These are?
Experience Intuition Unknowing Sociopolitical
Experience
knowing through repeated exposure to situations leading to refinement of earlier ideas and thoughts
Intuition
process whereby the nurse knows something about a patient that cannot be verbalized, that is verbalized with difficulty, or for which the course cannot be determined – subjective and unverifiable
Unknowing
a position of opennes in contrast to knowing that is a position of closure this position of opennes is necessary to understand the complex realities of people and their worldview Situate knowledge in one’s own life and interact with full unkowingness about the other’s life
Sociopolitical
encompasses the context not only of the nurse-pt r’ship, but also of nursing as a practice and profession – the implication of people of products as a culture