Four Fundamental Patterns Of Knowing In Nursing

Katrina, your post was very informative. I enjoyed the way you broke down the four fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing. Even though all four fundamental are beneficial in knowing, what sets nurses apart are the personal and aesthetic knowing. Everyone has gone to an appointment and seen a medical physician. Sometimes, it feels as if the medical physician was looking more toward the empiric knowledge. After the physician leave, the nurse begins to use aesthetic and personal knowledge with the patient.
With personal knowledge, the nurse identifies the caregiver and patient relationship. Also, the nurse may have grown his/her self-awareness over their career to help identify and understand the patient more (John, , n.d.). Aesthetic nursing