Nursing Metaparadigm Analysis

The four metaparadigm concepts all interact with each other to accomplish one goal: healing. The nurse is an instrument in healing by holding space and by being a conduit. The nurse holds space to provide the patient with autonomy and comfort so that the patient can make their own transformation towards wholeness. The nurse also acts as a conduit by providing acceptance and focused attention to the patient to assist them with their healing process. By improving one’s overall health, including intellectual, emotional, and social wellness, the patient will heal physically (the disease or illness will regress) and holistically. The “person” is healed because they are recognized as a unique individual instead of an object of science, which provides more autonomy. Lastly, the environment is healed because all negative factors are removed from the patient’s life to allow them to recover in a timely …show more content…
There are six patterns of knowing in nursing: empiric, aesthetic, personal knowing, ethics, not knowing, and sociopolitical knowing. The nursing metaparadigm is associated with the ethical pattern of knowing because nurses encounter ethical dilemmas frequently and must decipher between what they think is correct and what is morally correct. The health metaparadigm is associated with the not knowing pattern of knowing because cases are not predictable. In the matter of seconds a patient can go from responsive and alert to unaware of their surrounds and fighting for their life. The person metaparadigm is associated with the aesthetic pattern of knowing because the nurse appreciates and empathizes the patients experience. Lastly, the environment metaparadigm is associated with the sociopolitical pattern of knowing because it involves understanding the cultural and social contexts that influence people’s experience of health and