from novice to expert

A comment made by Cheryl during our first meeting in Dublin, planted a seed in my mind. She said, “ you must stop calling yourself a beginner knitter”. At the time, I made a mental note to myself to update my blog profile.

I was at William’s Coffee Pub this afternoon, having a coffee and catching up on my blogging. I was re-evaluating my knitting skills and then an “ah hah” thought came into my mind....Patricia Benner.

As a Registered Nurse, I apply Patricia Benner’s conceptual framework in my clinical practice . Patricia Benner is a nurse theorist and author of From Novice to Expert : Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice. I have often cited Benner in many of my scholarly assignments and applied her concepts to my clinical practice.

Wow....Knitting is all about the journey from novice to expert: excellence and power in knitting. Thank you Benner, I plan to use your concepts and apply them to my knitting experience.

Reference: Benner, Patricia. 1984. From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.