Exam 1 - Week 3 Flashcards
What is the study and examination of data (quantitative and qualitative) with identification of strengths and stressors and the eventual development of a community nursing diagnosis?
analysis
What are the steps for analysis?
- categorization
- summarization
- comparison
What is included in categorization in analysis?
demographics, geographics, socioeconomic data, resources
What is included in summarization in analysis?
summary statements and charts such as rates, charts, and graphs are required.
What is involved in comparison in analysis?
Identification of data gaps, incongruences, and omissions.
what is comparative data needed for?
Comparative data are needed to determine whether a pattern or trend exists
What is important in analysis for comparison?
It is important to have a number of people take a look at the comparative data as each person has a unique perspective. It is through the sharing of views that a whole and comprehensive picture of community assessment data can evolve.
What comes after categorization, summarization, and categorization?
inferences
What does drawing inferences do?
drawing inferences that will lead to a statement of a community nursing diagnosis
In the drawing inferences phase, what is there synthesis of?
synthesis of what is known in the community.
What do inferences and/or conclusions help to identify?
community strengths and stressors
What describes a common mental pathway of increasing abstraction that often leads to erroneous beliefs.
Ladder of inference
What does the ladder of inference highlight?
It highlights the human tendency to move with lighting speed from what we observe to conclusions and beliefs about what we observe.
What is a danger about climbing the ladder of inference?
What we observe or notice is influenced by our past experience and current beliefs.
What is called when what we observe or notice is influenced by our past experience and current beliefs.
reflexive loop
What is confirmation bias?
looking for data that confirms what we already believe. In other words, we function according to self-generating beliefs.
What is sometimes bad about our beliefs?
Our beliefs become “the truth” and we take action on them without testing them.
if we want to be effective communicators and advocates for people and communities and achieved results, what do we need to do?
- Reflect on and become aware of our own thinking and reasoning.
- Test to make sure that we are basing our conclusions, beliefs, and actions on observable data as much as possible, not just what we have selected to confirm our own beliefs.
- Make our thinking and reasoning explicit to others; and
- Inquire into the thinking and reasoning of others.
What is a structured investigation that aims to identify the true cause of a problem and the actions necessary to eliminate it with a permanent fix rather than continuing to deal with the symptoms on an ongoing basis?
root cause analysis
What are the 3 types of causes in root cause analysis? and what is in them?
- Physical causes – tangible, materials items fail
- Human causes – people did or did not do something
- Organizational causes – policy, politics, systems issues