NURS 8110 Assignments: Theoretical and
Scientific Foundations of Nursing
NURS 8110 Assignments: Theoretical and Scientific Foundations of
Nursing
Multiple ways of knowing are employed in the discipline of
nursing. Traditionally, four patterns of nursing knowledge, or ways
of knowing, have been used in the field of nursing. These include
empirics, or the science of nursing, esthetics, or the art of nursing,
personal knowledge, and ethics (McEwen & Wills, 2011). By
combining these ways of knowing, a nurse develops clinical
knowledge which guides nursing actions in different situations.
The following case demonstrates the use of multiple ways of
knowing in a clinical situation.

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