Tenets Of Emancipatory Knowing

I believe the emancipatory way of knowing most closely aligns with my chosen concept of poverty. I believe the emancipatory way of knowing suits the concept of poverty because “emancipatory knowing challenges you to become aware of social conditions that are often subtle and hard to recognize and to change them for the better” (Chinn & Kramer, 2011). As I have learned from previous assignments, poverty is a difficult concept to define and may not always be recognizable. Poverty is a formulation of experiences and these experiences vary for each and every individual. Poverty could be a result of several life occurrences or it could be a choice. As a nurse it is not our responsibility to make judgments about an individual, but rather develop an awareness of social injustices and take action to create better conditions for those we care for.
Tenets of Emancipatory Knowing Emancipatory knowing is what allows humans to
For example, if a patient experiencing poverty is diagnosed with diabetes you must first recognize his/her situation in order to determine proper treatment. You may not be able to prescribe the patient insulin injections as a treatment, because the patient may not be able to afford the insulin or the syringes, which would result in noncompliance. It is important for the treatment plan to be specific and feasible for the individual patient. It may be that lifestyle changes would be beneficial if the patient had access to healthy foods or a safe place to exercise. Or maybe there is a need in the community for diabetic patients to use as a resource, and you identify an opportunity to make changes that would benefit several members of the community. It is an opportunity such as this that allows nurses to identify a social injustice, question how things could be different for this population, and make changes to better the lives of