title: Locating Carper's aesthetic pattern of knowing within contemporary nursing evidence, praxis and theory.
abstract: Carper's (1978) seminal work has been used in nursing education for many years as a method for introducing students to the multitude of ways of knowing that support nursing practice. This manuscript focuses on the aesthetic pattern of knowing and the ongoing debate in nursing literature surrounding aesthetics, evidence and nursing practice. Writers will describe and critique a strategy used to introduce first year undergraduate nursing students to this pattern of knowing. The implications of the critique of the project and the ongoing debate in relation to Carper's (1978) work, evidenced based practice and nursing praxis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laurentian University School of Nursing. jduffcloutier@laurentian.ca
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duff Cloutier
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hill Bailey
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004645:Empathy; D004954:Esthetics; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D011593:Psychology, Social