week 6: chapter 5: Gender in nursing Flashcards
Which following group describes the first males to provide nursing care in Canada?
a. Nuns
b. Jesuit missionaries
c. Grey priests
d. Untrained males
ANS: B
The first men to provide nursing care in Canada came from Europe and were Jesuit missionaries at the French Garrison in Port Royal, Nova Scotia.
Feminism is an outgrowth of reactions against which of the following?
a. Men
b. The military
c. Forms of social organization
d. Politically active nursing leaders
ANS: C
Feminism is an outgrowth of reactions against forms of social organization in which one sex is not valued as highly as another.
Which of the following reflects the ideology of feminism?
a. The resolution of all inequalities
b. Analysis of sociocultural phenomena
c. Equal rights for all people
d. Issues defined from a female perspective
ANS: C
Feminist discourse challenges systems and institutions favouring one sex over another and supports equal rights for all people.
Which tenet of feminism has been reflected in feminist nursing research since the 1990s?
a. Full equality for all people
b. Social determinants of health
c. Radical fundamentalism
d. Liberal-based rights
ANS: A
Full equality for all people regardless of gender was a tenet of feminism reflected in feminist nursing research in the 1990s and continues today.
Which of the following fundamental ideals does feminism espouse?
a. Valuing women
b. Degrading men
c. Valuing women and men
d. Opposing traditional institutions
ANS: C
One of the fundamental ideas espoused by feminism is the valuing of both women and men.
What was the percentage of male nurses in Canada in 2015?
a. 22%
b. 2%
c. 15%
d. 8%
ANS: D
The current proportion of male nurses in Canada still represents only 8% of the total nurse population.
Which of the following continues to be an issue for men entering the nursing profession?
a. Shift work
b. Nurturing role
c. Male self-image
d. Feminization of nursing
ANS: D
The continued dominant feminization of nursing makes it difficult for male students in the educational setting. It is also difficult for male students to cope with public attitudes that typically stereotype men in nursing as feminine and gay.
Current research suggests that the barriers to recruiting male students into the nursing profession include which of the following?
a. High tuition fees
b. Poor career paths
c. Lack of positive role models
d. Competition with medicine
ANS: C
Barriers to men entering the profession include sexual stereotypes, public perception, value of nursing to society, images of nursing, organization and culture of nursing, lack of positive role models, and patient preference.
Which of the following statements are true?
a. Feminism is a worldview that seeks to confront the social inequities that result
from female discrimination and oppression.
b. Feminism is a worldview that seeks to confront the social inequities that result
from gender discrimination, oppression, and marginalization.
ANS: B
Feminism is a worldview that seeks to confront the social inequities that result from gender discrimination, oppression, and marginalization.
One of the factors impacting the care of the LGBTQ2 population is that the health care system remains dominated by its alignment to historical cisgenderism assumptions, evident by which of the following?
a. Lack of gender-inclusive services
b. Nurses’ awareness of gender issues
c. Presence of gender-neutral resources
d. Absence of gender-inclusive language
ANS: D
Factors impacting the care of the LGBTQ2 population include the continued dominance of historical heteronormativity and cisgenderism assumptions in the health care system. This is evident by the absence of gender-inclusive language and forms within health care organizations, as well as registered nurses’ lack of knowledge and education in gender identity and sexual orientation terminology.
Susan has been working on the medical surgical unit of a rural hospital for the past two years and has often heard senior nurses express their dissatisfaction with caring for members of the LGBTQ2 community. She does not want report the nurses because she does not want to upset them, but she disagrees with their behavior. Susan is contributing to which of the following long-standing issues in nursing?
a. Homophobia
b. Silence
c. Discrimination
d. Prejudice
ANS: B
Nursing has failed in its “long-standing silence” on LGBTQ2 health issues, which has contributed to delays in patients seeking treatment, impaired nurse-patient communication, and a lack of knowledge of LGBTQ2 issues among health care workers.
It has been well documented in the literature that the LGBTQ2 population has an increased risk for health-related issues compared with the general population including which of the following?
a. Self-injury
b. Cardiac disease
c. Crohn’s disease
d. Psychosis
ANS: A
It is well documented in the literature that this population has a variety of health-related issues, including a higher risk for nonsuicidal self-injury, suicidality, depression, and substance use compared with the general population.
In 1965, the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) formed a committee called the Male Nurses Committee with the purpose of addressing which of the following?
a. The salary of male nurses
b. The working conditions of male nurses
c. The recruitment of men into nursing
d. The uniforms of male nurses
ANS: C
In 1956, the RNAO approved the formation of a Male Nurses Committee whose objectives were to promote recruitment of men into the profession and to deal with other issues that affected men’s participation within nursing.
Globally, men comprise approximately 21% of all nurses in Italy and 32% in Saudi Arabia, compared with only 8% in Canada and 9.6% in the United States. This confirms which of the following?
a. The social construction of gender continues to influence nursing.
b. Male nurses are not currently in demand in Canada and the United States.
c. Men represent a large enough percentage of the workforce.
d. A different epistemological perspective is needed.
ANS: A
This confirms that the social construction of gender continues to dominate the nursing profession as instituted by Florence Nightingale. Men continue to represent a small percentage of the global nursing workforce, especially in Canada and the United States.
Karen is a community health nurse providing end-of-life care to Crystal, a member of the LGBTQ2 community in a rural setting. Understanding the needs of this population, Karen is exploring Crystal’s need for which of the following?
a. Pain control
b. Social inclusion
c. Advocacy
d. Physiotherapy
ANS: B
Due to past experiences of stigma and discrimination, members of the LGBTQ2 population often have fears around the lack of inclusiveness and heteronormative assumptions by health care providers.
