A sense of structure

Haugan, Grethe

doi:10.7748/ns2011.08.25.49.61.p6070

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“…Perspectives from other fields and knowledge traditions may also help open up for new insights into that within nursing, which is difficult to articulate. In the complex setting that is nursing practice, familiarity knowledge helps us systemize our knowledge about the individual patient and context as well as recognize important relational aspects (Haugan, 2011;Haugan et al, 2011).…”

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“…An important backdrop for this article is a pilot study with in-hospital tutorials inspired by Socratic dialogue (Nelson, 1965) where a hospital unit's nurse preceptors, the college teacher, and student nurses discuss clinical experiences and together acquire knowledge (Haugan, 2011;Haugan, Sørensen, & Hanssen, 2011). The writing of this article was furthermore triggered by a story told by one of the speakers at a Nordic nursing conference: A student nurse had interviewed a patient on a palliative ward in connection with the writing of a school paper.…”

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Familiarity Knowledge in Student Nurses’ Clinical Studies: Exemplified by Student Nurses in Palliative Care

Haugan¹,

Hanssen

2012

Res Theory Nurs Pract

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In this article based on a literary study, the form of knowledge namedfamiliarity knowledgeis examined. Although rooted in the philosophical tradition of Wittgenstein and Polanyi, the development of familiarity knowledge is tied in with clinical practice and particular patients and contexts while paying attention to the framework factors influencing the setting as a whole as well as with theoretical knowledge relevant to the situation at hand. Palliative care makes a backdrop for some of the discussion. Familiarity knowledge can never be context free and attends to that which is unique in every nurse–patient relationship. Both assertive and familiarity knowledge are needed to care for dying patients in a competent, sensitive, and truly caring manner. Mentors need to help students synthesize assertive knowledge and familiarity knowledge during their clinical studies to enrich both kinds of knowledge and deepen their understanding. Student nurses expertly mentored and tutored while caring for dying patients living at home become, for instance, less apprehensive about facing dying patients than students not so mentored. Nurses need to understand the complexity of nursing care to be able to see the uniqueness of the situation and approach the individual patient on the bases of experience and insight.

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Section: Different Forms Of Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%