Carper's Argumentative Analysis

This paper presented arguments supporting the philosophy of man as knowing and relational being and make used of Carper’s patterns of knowing and theory of interpersonal relation of Peplau. Identifying, recognizing or interacting with the patient was found important for clinical judgement, personal involvement, patient advocacy and clinical learning. Aesthetic knowledge as it being expressed through actions of nurses and self-awareness that leads to understanding. The ways of knowing that was presented were based on the roles of nurses as care providers. To improve the ability of nurses to make use of their knowledge in the field, the need to review and look for other alternatives must be made to develop cognitive, intuitive, experimental