PPN 201; Weeks 1-11. Course
Breakdown 2025-2026 Edition,
Study Guides, Projects,
Research of Nursing|Graded
A+|Reliable A+ Certified Pass
Habits - ANSWERS-"taken for granted" truths that shape our practice.
- May accidentally be pracisting in ways we do not intend such as the medical
model.
- Start off with being helpful because then you can focus more on the patient
rather than the nursing skills/step.
Empirical knowing - ANSWERS-The science of nursing.
- Formally expressed through facts, models, theories, and thematic descriptions.
- Encourages nurses to use fact-based approaches to address patient needs
Personal knowing - ANSWERS-the person's inner experience of becoming whole,
aware and genuine.
- Understanding and actualization of a relationship between a nurse and patient.
, Sociopolitical knowing - ANSWERS-- Focuses on deep analysis, understanding of
contexts.
- Analyzes environments for learning
- Concerned with various contexts of nursing (e.g social, economic, cultural,
historic, linguistic, etc.)
- Focuses specifically on the environment of care - the policies and institutional
practices that influence nursing.
Intrapersonal - ANSWERS-consider what is going on within all the people involved.
EX. You think about what might be going on within an individual patient you are
caring for, what is going on within you, and what others in the situation might be
experiencing.
Interpersonal - ANSWERS-you notice what is going on among and between
people-how people are acting in the situation, what they are prioritizing, what
they are ignoring, and so forth.
Contextual - ANSWERS-you consider what is going on around the people and
situation-the structures and forces that are influencing the situation and shaping
the intrapersonal and interpersonal responses.
Individualist approach - ANSWERS-without considering the influences that shape
their actions and possibilities.
- Insufficient for understanding and working within those complexities.
Breakdown 2025-2026 Edition,
Study Guides, Projects,
Research of Nursing|Graded
A+|Reliable A+ Certified Pass
Habits - ANSWERS-"taken for granted" truths that shape our practice.
- May accidentally be pracisting in ways we do not intend such as the medical
model.
- Start off with being helpful because then you can focus more on the patient
rather than the nursing skills/step.
Empirical knowing - ANSWERS-The science of nursing.
- Formally expressed through facts, models, theories, and thematic descriptions.
- Encourages nurses to use fact-based approaches to address patient needs
Personal knowing - ANSWERS-the person's inner experience of becoming whole,
aware and genuine.
- Understanding and actualization of a relationship between a nurse and patient.
, Sociopolitical knowing - ANSWERS-- Focuses on deep analysis, understanding of
contexts.
- Analyzes environments for learning
- Concerned with various contexts of nursing (e.g social, economic, cultural,
historic, linguistic, etc.)
- Focuses specifically on the environment of care - the policies and institutional
practices that influence nursing.
Intrapersonal - ANSWERS-consider what is going on within all the people involved.
EX. You think about what might be going on within an individual patient you are
caring for, what is going on within you, and what others in the situation might be
experiencing.
Interpersonal - ANSWERS-you notice what is going on among and between
people-how people are acting in the situation, what they are prioritizing, what
they are ignoring, and so forth.
Contextual - ANSWERS-you consider what is going on around the people and
situation-the structures and forces that are influencing the situation and shaping
the intrapersonal and interpersonal responses.
Individualist approach - ANSWERS-without considering the influences that shape
their actions and possibilities.
- Insufficient for understanding and working within those complexities.
