PRIMARY CARE THE ART AND SCIENCE
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER WITH 100% CORRECT
SOLUTIONS FOR 2026.
⫸ §Generalized Patterns of Caring. Answer: §As delineated in the
Circle of Caring Model
•Courage
•Authentic presence
•Advocacy
•Knowing
•Commitment
•Patience
⫸ §Courage. Answer: §Courage is a human act (Paul Tillich, 1952)
§Daily application of values
§Offers an ethical grounding for your practice
§Courage manifests itself in making one's nursing vocation a
commitment to these values and beliefs that undergird caring
⫸ §Authentic Presence. Answer: §Intentionally being with another in
the fullness of one's personhood
§The caring communicated through authentic presence is the
initiating and sustaining medium of nursing within the nursing
situation
§
, ⫸ §Advocacy. Answer: -Gadow—Existential Advocacy— self is
brought into the situation as a full partner
-When the nurse offers existential advocacy, the nursed feels truly
known, respected, and connected in a way that affirms humanity and
being
⫸ §Knowing. Answer: §"Knowing that" and "knowing about" refer
to descriptions and analyses of the patient's situation in the context of
facts and information - empiric data points
§"Knowing directly" implies being deeply attuned; comes through
intentional and authentic presence
§
⫸ §Patterns of Knowing. Answer: §As described in the nursing
literature by Carper (1978) —empirical, ethical, esthetic, and personal
"knowing"
•Practitioner draws on personal knowing as essential intuitive
knowing
•Empiric knowing: avenue for drawing on science and skilled
observation (empiric-relying only on experiment and observation)
•Ethical knowing: prompts consideration of values and morals for
situations
•Esthetic knowing: incorporation of knowing into a situation for
integrated understanding with the nursed
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER WITH 100% CORRECT
SOLUTIONS FOR 2026.
⫸ §Generalized Patterns of Caring. Answer: §As delineated in the
Circle of Caring Model
•Courage
•Authentic presence
•Advocacy
•Knowing
•Commitment
•Patience
⫸ §Courage. Answer: §Courage is a human act (Paul Tillich, 1952)
§Daily application of values
§Offers an ethical grounding for your practice
§Courage manifests itself in making one's nursing vocation a
commitment to these values and beliefs that undergird caring
⫸ §Authentic Presence. Answer: §Intentionally being with another in
the fullness of one's personhood
§The caring communicated through authentic presence is the
initiating and sustaining medium of nursing within the nursing
situation
§
, ⫸ §Advocacy. Answer: -Gadow—Existential Advocacy— self is
brought into the situation as a full partner
-When the nurse offers existential advocacy, the nursed feels truly
known, respected, and connected in a way that affirms humanity and
being
⫸ §Knowing. Answer: §"Knowing that" and "knowing about" refer
to descriptions and analyses of the patient's situation in the context of
facts and information - empiric data points
§"Knowing directly" implies being deeply attuned; comes through
intentional and authentic presence
§
⫸ §Patterns of Knowing. Answer: §As described in the nursing
literature by Carper (1978) —empirical, ethical, esthetic, and personal
"knowing"
•Practitioner draws on personal knowing as essential intuitive
knowing
•Empiric knowing: avenue for drawing on science and skilled
observation (empiric-relying only on experiment and observation)
•Ethical knowing: prompts consideration of values and morals for
situations
•Esthetic knowing: incorporation of knowing into a situation for
integrated understanding with the nursed
