Midterm Flashcards
equity
Equity refers to fair and just practices and policies that ensure all community members can thrive.
Equity is different from equality
It is the removal of systemic barriers and biases → equal opportunity, access and benefit
Requires a strong understanding of the systemic barriers faced by individuals from under-represented groups
Health inequity result of unfair distribution of the underlying SDOH
Eg. access to healthcare in the north vs in more urban areas (tbay vs toronto)
diversity
Refers to all aspects of human difference, social identities, and social group differences, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, creed, colour, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual identity, socio-economic status, language, culture, national origin, religion/ spirituality, age, abilities, political perspective, and associational preferences.
A diversity of perspectives and lived experiences is fundamental to achieving healthy outcomes for all
inclusion
Systemic barriers are well documented in Canada. To address these persistent barriers individuals at all levels.
All individuals must recognize that systemic barriers exist, develop a strong understanding of what the barriers and their consequences are, and understand how individuals at all levels of can play a role in addressing them. (RNAO, 2007).
It is important therefore for everyone to reflect on our own assumptions regarding diversity and views of differences. What personal preferences, perspectives, power, privilege or other factors may influence our world view.
nature of development
Biological Processes
- produce changes in physical nature
- result from: genes, brain development, nutrition, exercise, hormones, age etc.
Cognitive Processes
- changes in intelligence and language
Socioemotional Processes
- changes in relationships with other people, emotions and personality
cultural pluralism
Diverse groups maintaining their unique cultural identities while living together harmoniously
culture
- Integrated patterns of human behaviour (language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, values, institutions)
- Common values and ways of thinking and acting of a group of people
values
Belief about the worth of something
Standards that influence behaviour and thinking
value orientation
Values learned and shared through socialization
Reflect “personality type” of particular society
cultural competency
Describes a compilation of knowledge, attitudes, and skills for working with individuals of the same and different cultures
Disregard personal biases and treat everyone with respect
We can never be fully culturally competent in another culture so we aim for safety
cultural humility
A lifelong process of self-reflection and critique (role of learner) that includes the recognition of power imbalances when working in partnership with patients
cultural safety
Cultural safety goes beyond awareness and acknowledgement of differences to understanding the limitations of cultural competency.
An outcome of respectful engagement that results in people feeling safe when receiving health care
Is grounded in the decolonization of health care
ethnocentric perspective
Having an ethnocentric perspective means viewing other ways as inferior, unnatural, or even barbaric.
Nurses must avoid this perspective when working with individuals and families.
Creates an obstacle in establishing and maintaining good working relationships
Patient trust is very important so they feel comfortable disclosing to you as a nurse
integrative health care
Growing trend in Canada
Rooted in the belief that individuals should have the ability to make informed choices
Emphasis is on wellness and holistic, personalized care
health issues of indigenous people
Many health problems of indigenous populations can be linked to their economic and social living conditions
Directly linked to colonialism through the forced residential school system.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada documented the assimilation of Indigenous peoples.
The TRC outlines 94 calls for action, including reducing health inequalities.
homeless populations
- Unsheltered - those who are absolutely homeless and living on the streets
- Emergency sheltered - those who are staying in overnight shelters for people who are homeless
- Provisionally accommodated - those who are staying in temporary accommodations
- At risk of homelessness - those who are not homeless, but whos current economic and/or housing situation is precarious or does not meet public health and safety standards
hidden homelessness
having to live temporarily with family or friends because they had nowhere else to live
top homeless populations
Indigenous
Women
People with disabilities
marginalized groups have…
- less power
- are more likely to live in poverty
- are at risk for discrimination and stigma that may impact their health and access to health care
The Canadian Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses recommends that nurses
- Work towards eliminating social inequities
- Focus on providing culturally safe care
- Conduct cultural nursing assessments
Three principles of action to lessen the impact of the SDOH and promote health equity are:
(1) improving the conditions of daily life
(2) addressing the inequitable distribution of power, money, and resources at global, national, and regional levels
(3) raising public awareness of the SDOH, measuring the problem, and evaluating access.
development
advance in skill from lower to more advanced complexity
Qualitative
early developmental patterns
Cephalocaudal: head to toe
- Infants advance in head and neck control before extremities
Proximodistal: midline to periphery
- Infants CNS develops before PNS
Differentiation: simple to complex
- Infants use a whole hand grasp before learning finger control
learning
- process of gaining knowledge and skills from exposure, education, experience
- Learning cannot occur unless an individual is mature enough to understand and control their behavior.
maturation
- increased competence because of changes in structural complexity that make higher function possible
periods of development
- prenatal
- infancy
- toddler
- childhood
- adolescence
- early adulthood
- middle adulthood
- late adulthood
prenatal period
- time from conception to birth
- tremendous growth - single cell to a complete organism (app. nine mo.)
infancy
birth - 12 months
great dependence
Ends as infant begins to explore environment, walks alone, and develops basic communication skills
toddler
12 months - 3 years
Motor development progresses significantly
Child achieves a degree of physical and emotional autonomy while maintaining close identity with family unit
childhood
24 months - 11 years
early childhood (up to age 5 or 6) - more self-sufficient, self care
school-readiness skills, social skills
middle/late childhood - master basic skills: reading, writing, and arithmetic
formally exposed to world outside family and to prevailing culture
adolescence
transition from childhood to early adulthood (app. 10-12/18-22 yr.)
rapid physical changes: height, weight, body contour, sexual characteristics
pursuit of independence and identity
more logical thought – abstract/idealistic
more time spent outside the family
increased risk-taking
early adulthood
late teens/early 20 – 30s
establish personal/economic independence
become proficient in a career, mate, start family.
middle adulthood
expanding personal/social involvement and responsibility
assisting next generation to become competent, mature individuals
achieving/maintaining career satisfaction
late adulthood
life review, retirement, adjustment to new social roles involving decreasing strength and health
Psychosocial Theory: Erikson
- humans develop in psychosocial stages
motivation is social
change occurs during life span - Based on the need of each person to develop a sense of trust in self and others and a sense of personal worth
- Composed of critical stages, each requiring resolution of a conflict between two opposing forces
Infancy
Trust vs mistrust
Toddler
Autonomy vs shame & doubt
Preschool
Initiative vs guilt
School age
Industry vs inferiority
Adolescence
Identity vs role confusion
Young adulthood
Intimacy vs isolation
Middle adulthood
Generativity vs stagnation
Older personhood
Ego integrity vs despair
Piaget - Cognitive Development
children construct personal understanding
engaged in personal cognitive development
age related stages with distinct thinking/understanding
child’s cognition is qualitatively different in each stage
four stages of cognitive development
Children are not capable of learning something until they are developmentally ready
1) sensorimotor
2) pre operational
3) concrete
4) formal operational
sensorimotor stage
- birth – 2 yr
- infants construct an understanding of the world by coordinating sensory experiences
- Object permanence and mental representations
pre operational stage
2yr – 7 yr
able to represent the world with words, images, and drawings
Advanced language and movement skills
Egocentric, animistic, magical thinking
Thoughts are dominated by senses
No cause and effect reasoning
preschool children still lack the ability to perform operations (internalized mental actions)
concrete stage
(7 – 11 yr)
Formal thought
Mental reasoning, logical approaches to solving problems
Cause and effect
Consider other points of view
Make associations
formal operational
development of logical reasoning
can think more abstractly
Morality established
more systematic problem solving, developing hypotheses about why something is happening the way it is and then testing these hypotheses
Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Cognitive Theory
- culture and social interaction guide cognitive development
- inseparable from social/cultural activities
- Interested in cultural and social influences on learning
- cognitive development is learning to use inventions of society (language, memory strategies, mathematical systems)
- social interaction with more-skilled adults and peers is indispensable to their cognitive development
- Learning precedes development, learning pulls development
- People need to understand the social, cultural, and political context within which that learning and development occur
Kohlbergs - Moral Development
Preconventional
- Avoiding punishment
- Gaining rewards
Conventional
- Gaining approval
- Avoiding disapproval
Postconventional
- Agreeing upon rights
- Establishing personal moral standards
- Achieving justice
Gilligan’s
- Research student with Kohlberg: noted that women scored lower than men using Kohlberg’s tool
- Women think and act more from a base of caring and relationships than do men, who are more inclined to think in terms of justice, rights, and rules.
Preconventional
- What is practical to others and best for self, realizing connection to other
Conventional
- Sacrifice wants and needs to fulfill others wants and needs
Postconventional
- Moral equal of self and others
epigenetics
the scientific investigation of the capacity of the cell to react to the environment
transtheoretical model stages of readiness to change
Precontemplation—not considering change
Contemplation—considering change
Planning and preparation—planning change
Action—implementing change
Maintenance—maintaining change
three trimesters of pregnancy
Germinal
Embryonic
Fetal
germinal phase
- Conception - 4 weeks
- less than 0.25 cm
- spinal cord, nervous system, lungs, gastrointestinal system, heart
- Can hear heartbeat as early as 3 weeks
- 100-140 bpm is normal
- amniotic sac envelops preliminary tissues of entire body
- called a zygote
- Nageles rule - Due date = first day of LMP + 7 days - 3 months
- Just one week after conception, cells of the blastocyst have already begun specializing
- The germination period ends when the blastocyst attaches to the uterine wall
- Trophoblast: The outer layer of cells that develops in the germinal period to provide nutrition and support for the embryo (becomes the placenta)
- Blastocyst: the inner mass of cells that develops during the germinal period. These cells later develop into the embryo
embryonic
- 3-8 weeks
- app. 14 cm, weighs about 112 g
- strong heartbeat
- thin, transparent skin
- downy hair (lanugo) covers body
- fingernails and toenails forming
- coordinated movements
- Organogenesis: organ formation that takes place during the first two months of prenatal development
fetal period
- 9 weeks - birth
- 36–43 cm, weighs 1,100–1,400 g
- adding body fat
- very active
- rudimentary breathing
presumptive signs of pregnancy
(signs that make woman think they are pregnant)
Nausea or vomiting
Change in breast sensations and size
Increased urinary frequency
Missed menstrual period
Nausea or vomiting occurs in 50 to 90% of women
probable signs of pregnancy
(objectively observed by healthcare providers)
Enlargement of the uterus
Softening of the uterine isthmus (Hegar’s sign)
Bluish or cyanotic colour of cervix and upper vagina (Chadwick’s sign)
Softening of the cervix (Goodell’s sign)
Asymmetrical, softened enlargement of the uterine corner caused by placental development (Piskacek’s sign)
Positive test for HCG in maternal urine or blood
Changes in skin pigmentation (chloasma and linea nigra)
positive signs of pregnancy
(verify pregnancy exists)
Detection of fetal heart tones by auscultation, ultrasonography, or Doppler
Palpation of fetal body parts using Leopold maneuvers
Objective detection of fetal movements
Radiological or ultrasonographic demonstration of fetal parts
Birth Process: Stage 1
- Presenting part of fetus begins to press on cervix
- The cervix relaxes, causing it to dilate and thin out
- Uterine contractions are 15-20 min apart at the beginning and last up to a minute, intensity increases
- By the end of first stage contractions dilate the cervix to an opening of about 10cm so that the baby can move from the uterus to the birth canal
- Last an average of 8-12 hours
Birth Process: Stage 2
- Fetus descends through lower birth canal
- The time from full cervical dilation (10cm) to birth of the newborn
- Uterine contractions increase in strength and the infant is delivered
- Begins when baby’s head starts to move through the cervix and the birth canal
- By the time the head is out of the mothers body the contractions come almost every minute and last for about a minute
Birth Process: Stage 3
- The placenta is expelled
- Afterbirth: when the placenta, umbilical cord, and other membranes detached and expelled
anoxia
insufficient supply of oxygen for baby during birth, can cause brain damage
Apgar Scale
- Measures of Neonatal Health and Responsiveness
- used to assess the health of newborns at 1 and 5 minutes after birth
- Evaluates heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, body color, and reflex irritability
- Higher score is better (7 and up is normal)
- Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respirations
preconception care of women
- Take 400 mcg (0.4 mg) of folic acid per day
- 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day
- Limit alcoholic beverages to 2 glasses per day, 10 per week
- Keep immunizations up to date
toxoplasmosis (think inflammation)
Exposure: undercooked meat, cat feces, infected soil
Maternal symptoms: flu-like, upper respiratory infection
Fetal effects: rashes, enlarged lymph nodes, inflamed heart and lungs, CNS damage
Prevention: handwashing; avoid cat feces, raw meat
syphilis (4 S’s)
Exposure: sexually transmitted infection
Crosses the placenta and will affect fetus
Fetal effects: spontaneous abortion, preterm, stillbirth, skin lesions, septicemia
Prevention: screening high-risk women, antibiotic treatment
s-spontaneous abortion
s-stillbirth
s-skin lesions
s-septicemia