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Patricia E. Benner

R.N., Ph.D., FAAN
Professor, Thelma Shobe Endowed Chair in Ethics and Spirituality
Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences,
Joint Appointment, Department of Physiological Nursing
University of California, San Francisco
 


Patricia Benner was interested in the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition and applied it to nursing. Her area of concern was not how to do nursing but, rather, "how do nurses learn to do nursing?" Changes in the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition are presented for the four stages studied (Advanced-beginner, competent, proficient, and expert) along with educational strategies for each stage. Examines the links between skills of involvement and expert clinical practice.
Dr. Benner is an internationally noted researcher and lecturer on health, stress and coping, skill acquisition and ethics. Her work has had wide influence on nursing both in the United States and internationally, for example in providing the basis for new legislation and design for nursing practice and education for three states in Australia. She was recently elected an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Nursing. Her work has influence beyond nursing in the areas of clinical practice and clinical ethics.
 
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Selected Publications:
  • Benner, P. (1982). From novice to expert…the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition. American Journal of Nursing, 82(3), 402-407.
  • Benner, P., & Wrubel, J. (1982). Skilled clinical knowledge: The value of perceptual awareness. Part 1. Journal of Nursing Administration, 12(5), 11-14.
  • Benner, P., & Wrubel, J. (1982). Skilled clinical knowledge: The value of perceptual awareness. Part 2. Journal of Nursing Administration, 12(6), 28-33.
  • Benner, P. (1984). From novice to expert: Excellence and power in clinical nursing practice. Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley.
  • Benner, P, & Tanner, C. (1987). Clinical judgment: How expert nurses use intuition. American Journal of Nursing, 87(1), 23-31.
  • Benner, P. (1987). A dialogue with excellence. American Journal of Nursing, 87(9), 117-1172.
  • Benner, P., & Wrubel, J. (1988). Caring comes first. American Journal of Nursing, 88(8), 1072-1075.
  • Benner, P. & Wrubel, J. (1989). The primacy of caring; Stress and coping in health and illness. Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley.
  • Benner, P., DeCoste, B., & Clark L. (1990). Dialogues with excellence: The many faces of advocacy. American Journal of Nursing, 90(1), 80-82.
  • Pratt, K. A. (1991). Dialogues with excellence: Extending the community of care. American Journal of Nursing, 91(4), 58-59.
  • Benner, P. (1991). The role of experience, narrative, and community in skilled ethical comportment. Advances in Nursing Science, 14(2), 1-21.
  • Mottley, B. W. & Benner, P. (1992). Dialogues with excellence: Bringing Stanley back. American Journal of Nursing, 92(6), 34-37.
  • Benner, P., Tanner, C., & Chesla, C. (1992). From beginner to expert: Gaining a differentiated clinical world in critical care nursing. Advances in Nursing Science, 14(3), 13-28.
  • Benner, P. (1994). Interpretive phenomenology: Embodiment, caring and ethics in health and illness. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Benner, P., Tanner, C., & Chesla, C. (1996). Expertise in nursing practice: Caring, clinical judgment, and ethics. New York: Springer.
  • Haag-Heitman, B., & Kramer, A. (1998). Creating a Clinical Practice Development Model. American Journal of Nursing, 98(8), 39-43.
  • Benner, P. (1999). Claiming the wisdom and worth of clinical practice. Nursing & Health Care Perspectives, 20(6), 312-319.
  • Benner, P. (2000). The roles of embodiment, emotion and lifeworld for rationality and agency in nursing practice. Nursing Philosophy, 1(1), 5-19.
  • Benner, P. (2000). The wisdom of practice. American Journal of Nursing, 100(10), 99-102.
  • Edwards, S. D. (2001). Benner and Wrubel on caring in nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 33(2), 167-171.
   

 

 

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