Week 4 Notes Flashcards
Social Closure
the way that power is exercises to exclude outsiders from the privileges of social membership
Rationalization
the standardization of social life through rules and regulations
McDonaldization
the standardization of social rules and regulations, such as increased monitoring and evaluation or individual performance
- health care becomes predictable and uniform (like a fast food chain)
- causes dehumanization
According to Weber, Social Stratification arose from which three factors?
- Property (economic resources)
- power (political resources)
- prestige (social status/resources)
according to Webster what is prestige?
Respect, privileges, and honour given to members of particular status groups
Social Closure
The way power is exercised to exclude outsiders from the privileges of social membership in particular status groups
Historical Roots of Nursing
religious orders (nuns), military, considered women’s work
Nightingale tradition
Nursing as a natural extension of a women’s role as caregiver
Nurses are trained to provide service to …
- patients (hands on care)
2. physicians (carrying out their orders)
Where was the first university degree program for nurses in canada?
UBC 1919
according to webster what is pre-industrial society?
characterized by irrationality
- emphasis on emotions, insight and revelations
according to webster what is modern society?
Characterized by rationality and rationalization
- emphasis on reason, logic, and the intellect
the “iron cage”
rationalization results in the squelching of creativity and spontaneity, the devaluation of emotion and nurturing robot-like care
Rationalization has led to problems such as…
The iron cage
mcdonaldization
new mangerialism
New Managerialism
a shift in the transfer of power from professionals to management.
** nurses are expected to do more with less time/resources
