Chinn Kramer Qs Critical Thinking

Chinn Kramer Qs Critical Thinking from the Text Chinn and Kramer (2008) rather implicitly define theory as a general framework in which knowledge occurs and is organized. Theory provides a perspective, without which knowledge would simply be non-applicable lists of facts and data sets. I think that this is a good working definition of theory, specifically because it allows for shifts in both the knowledge and the specific perspective of a certain theoretical vantage point.

In my own nursing practice, I didn't often think about theory but realize that my knowledge and practice are always, of course, attuned to a certain perspective. The most influential factor of the transition of nursing into a science as described by Chinn & Kramer in my own practice as a nurse was the insistence in Nightingale schools on the power of observation, their almost religious recording, and their organization. Observation is the key to the scientific method; without it, everything is mere assumption.

An insistence on observation is an insistence on evidence, and I take care ot make sure every action I take as a nurse is warranted and appropriate based on the information I am able to observe. 3) Emancipatory knowing is an understanding of basic imbalances or entrapment by a set of ideologies and/or public discourse. It is a theoretical framework that can be and has been applied effectively and constructively to many situations.

Coming from a large family, I have always felt that I didn't quite have the same freedom as many others; I have responsibilities to my siblings. While this might not be fair it isn't something I want to change, but understanding the situation is also liberating. 4) Chinn and Kramer (2008) identify several common ethical approaches in nursing literature. Teleology asserts that what right is by definition what produces good, whereas deontology believes that intent or motive determines ethical value.

Relativists insist that no rational morality is ever universally correct, and that moral value differs from culture to culture, and virtue ethics that morality depends on the character(s) of the person(s) involved. I once padded a time card in high school; though the effects of this were good (for me), I don't think it was an ethical choice as the intent and relative morality were both bad.

5) The nurse I developed the deepest personal connection to had a tremendous sense of spirit, insofar as spirit is defined as a quest for and sense of personal meaning and purpose in life (Chinn & Kramer 2008). This enabled her to communicate with full openness and honesty about anything hat came to her or my mind, which helped me not only to grow as a person but to understand the importance of straightforwardness as a nurse. 6) The art of nursing requires emotional and.