Week 10: Postion

Question 1

Why is critical positionality important in nursing?

Answer 1

• Helps nurses find their own biases and understand how their position influencee interactions with paitents and healthcare pratices.

Question 2

What is the complexity theory?

Answer 2

• The interconnectedness and dynamic nature of systems where smaller changes cause large effects.

Question 3

How does it apply to healthcare?

Answer 3

Sees the powerful and varied relationship between biological and social systems that impact care. Soci–political and cultural sytsems large impact on outcomes.

Question 4

What are the synergeis of oppression?

Answer 4

The ways in which different forms of oppression interest and reinforce each other. Creates compound effects on groups. Impact of multiple oppressions is greater.

Question 5

What is emancipatory knowing?

Answer 5

Actions that rise from anawarness of social injustices embedded in the systems.
Ability to see the social and politcal problems of injustice and inequity and warrent a change.

Question 6

Hegemony

Answer 6

• Dominance of ideologies , values, and beleifs over other views
• These go often unnoticed and priviledge some groups
• Emancipatory knowing works to free from hegemotic thinking.

Question 7

How can emanicpatory knowing affect our care?

Answer 7

It can help nurses look beyond their own personal expereince and aims to view the larger picture
Find the root of these inequities

Question 8

Critical Theory

Answer 8

Describe the process of examining and challeneging social inequities and injustices. Examine the root of causes and the social consquences of inequities.

Question 9

Liberation Theory

Answer 9

• Education can challenege existing knowledge , values
• Provide use to create social change.

Question 10

Poststucturalism

Answer 10

• Examines the power balances get created.
• Maintained via representations in society and what they symbolize

Question 11

Feminest Perspectives

Answer 11

Criticize power imbalances and changes the status quo.

Question 12

The 3 Dimensions of Emancipatory Knowing Are:

Answer 12

1. Critical Questions: quetions focus on bringing these injustices to light
2. Creative Processess: Imagining: activist in nature to lead to emancipation
3. Formal Expressions: action plans, analyze, create clarity and bring awarness to those injustices that hold power.