Compassion is essential to the nursing profession, as it enables workers to provide the highest quality of services. Emancipatory knowing requires nurses to work on eliminating inequality in healthcare facilities and promoting ethical behavior (Chinn & Kramer, 2018). I have been in a situation where this skill could have been valuable. When I was providing support to a homeless man, he refused to be treated and expressed his discontent at the lack of attention to his opinions regarding the disease he was diagnosed with by doctors. Establishing close connections requires nurses to listen and empathize with patients. This essay will explore how this situation from my practice could have been resolved through emancipatory knowing.
It is essential for medical personnel to analyze all concerns. Hospitals must put ethical values from theories into action through policies that facilitate awareness and equal rights (Ray & Turkel, 2014). The moral side of care calls for embracing opinions and ensuring a humane approach to patient-nurse interactions. Demystifying diagnosis and treatment processes for clients can empower disadvantaged people (Peart & MacKinnon, 2018). Therefore, it was necessary to change the organizational culture of my facility toward acceptance and openness of communications.
There are factors that prevent emancipatory behavior among nursing personnel. The issue stems from the system’s rigidity, which promoted authoritarian management styles (Rabelo & Silva, 2022). Hospitals must promote cooperation to achieve the best possible outcome. Nurses often consider people to lack healthcare knowledge and ignore their opinions related to treatments (Tang, 2019). The existing framework does not provide sufficient recommendations to promote such ethical behavior.
In conclusion, emancipatory knowing is a critical factor in situations where it is vital to establish a mutual understanding between a patient and their nurse. There are redundant policies that cause a distrust toward healthcare facilities and do not support nurses who seek to make a lasting positive impact in their patients’ lives. A humane approach to patient communications can alleviate their suffering, reveal necessary information, and make treatment more efficient.
References
Chinn, P. L., & Kramer, M. K. (2018). Knowledge development in nursing: Theory and process (10th ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences.
Peart, J., & MacKinnon, K. (2018). Cultivating praxis through Chinn and Kramer’s emancipatory knowing. Advances in Nursing Science, 41(4), 351-358. Web.
Rabelo, A. R., & Silva, K. L. (2022). Let it not be that nursing that asks for silence: Participation in social movements and sociopolitical-emancipatory knowledge. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 75(4). Web.
Ray, M. A., & Turkel, M. C. (2014). Caring as emancipatory nursing praxis. Advances in Nursing Science, 37(2), 132-146. Web.
Tang, L. (2019). Emancipatory reflection on a nursing practice-based ethical issue about nurses’ paternalistic decision-making for patients. Frontiers of Nursing, 6(1), 19-26. Web.
