As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.Recall an experience you have had—or one that you might have observed in your care setting—in which you individualized care for a patient.In your approach to individualized care, did you:Address any health concerns other than those for which the patient was seeking care?Consider the patient's economic and daily environmental circumstances?Consider any ethical issues inherent in working with the patient?What might you have done differently, if you could revisit that patient's case?What evidence supported your original course of action?What evidence would you present to support an alternative course of action, if you could revisit that patient's case?

Nursing knowledge is classified in a variety of ways, one of which is Carper's Patterns of Knowing (Carper, 1978). Carper's framework offers a lens through which the nurse can reflect upon insights acquired through empirical, ethical, personal, and aesthetic knowledge (Carper, 1978). Through intentional reflection using Carper's Patterns of Knowing, nurses can process experiential learning and knowledge acquired through practice. The purpose of this assignment is to reflect upon a specific practice situation and better understand the professional knowledge and insights obtained through that experience.Criteria for ContentThink of a surprising or challenging practice situation in which you felt underprepared, unprepared, or uncomfortable.Select an important nursing issue/topic that was inherent to the identified situation.Briefly explain the situationIdentify the nursing issue inherent in the identified situationAs a method of refection, use Carper's Patterns of Knowing to analyze the situation. In your discussion, address ONE of the following Patterns of Knowing:What do you think was the underlying reason for the situation? (Esthetics)What were your thoughts and feeling in the situation? (Personal)What was one personal belief that impacted your actions? (Ethics)What evidence in nursing literature supports the nursing importance of the identified issue? (Empirical)What new insights did you gain through this reflective practice opportunity? How will this apply to your practice as a nurse practitioner? Be sure to use scholarly literature to support your position.Part TwoWrite 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on ways of knowing and the use of metaparadigm in the NP role.Provide one specific example of how you achieved the weeklyobjectives.What do you value most about your learning this week?What else about the weekly topics do you need to explore to further grow as a future NP?