WEEK 3: NURSING METAPARADIGM

Question 1

WHAT IS HEALTH?

Answer 1

a state of being that people define in relation to their own values, personality, and lifestyle

Question 2

WHAT ARE HUMAN RIGHTS?

Answer 2

common standards to be achieved for citizens born within canada and internationally

equality and freedom from dicrimination are the foundation of the canadian human rights act

Question 3

WHAT ARE THE 4 METAPARADIGM CONCEPTS

Answer 3

1) health
2) person
3) environment
4) nursing

Question 4

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF PERSON

Answer 4

individual, family, community, population

Question 5

EXPLAIN THE INDIVIDUAL ELEMENT OF PERSON

Answer 5

• the person at the centre of any nursing process
• collaborates with healthcare professionals during care

Question 6

WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILY

Answer 6

• most basic social group
• consists of 2 or more members
• depend on eachother
• members can be related or self-defined
• can extend beyond household to include community

Question 7

WHY DO NURSES NEED TO UNDERSTAND FAMILY

Answer 7

• families are a part of an individuals/ patients health experience
• many individuals cope with complex caregiving of members in their families
• nursing requires us to prepare, advocate for, and support families with the burden of caring for another family member

Question 8

WHAT ARE SOME THINGS EVERY FAMILY HAS

Answer 8

• social system
• structure
  -certain basic functions
• moves through stages of life cycle

Question 9

WHAT ARE SOME FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY

Answer 9

• protection
• nourishment
• stimulation
• socialization
  – transportation co-parenting, economic support, personal encouragment

which is why we need to inquire about families, use language that is bro

Question 10

DO WE FOCUS ON STRENGTHS OR WEAKNESSES OF FAMILIES

Answer 10

strengths!!, when we look at negatives families can feel labeled and stigmatized, acting like you are the expert and fix a problem according to your perspective is a trauma inducing process.

Question 11

WHAT ARE SOME ELEMENTS OF CULTURE AND FAMILIES

Answer 11

• Both nurses and families have cultural values and beleifs that are brought into interactions
• diversity occurs within cultures, not just between them
• ideally you ask a family about thier cultures and beleifs because we are all unique
• learning about culture opens us to possibilites but doesn’t give answers

Question 12

WHAT IS A COMMUNITY

Answer 12

a group of people who share a geographic dimension and a social/relational dimension

Question 13

WHAT IS POPULATION

Answer 13

a collection of individuals who have one or more personal or environmental characteristics in common