WEEK 8: CULTURE ANTIRACISM, OPPRESSION AND POWER

Question 1

What is the Black Nurses Task Force (BNTF)?

Answer 1

A group formed by RNAO to tackle anti-Black racism and discrimination within the nursing profession in Ontario, Canada​

Question 2

What event catalyzed the creation of the BNTF?

Answer 2

The murder of George Floyd in 2020 and the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement​

Question 3

What are the four pillars of the BNTF?

Answer 3

Education and awareness, research, advocacy, and partnership with allies​

Question 4

What is intersectionality?

Answer 4

The interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender, which can create overlapping systems of discrimination or disadvantage​

Question 5

What are the main concepts of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory?

Answer 5

Cultural care preservation, accommodation/negotiation, and repatterning/restructuring​

Question 6

Who was Mary Eliza Mahoney?

Answer 6

The first African-American licensed nurse, who advocated for equality in nursing​

Question 7

: Define “cultural safety” in nursing.

Answer 7

Practices that respect and acknowledge the cultural identity of patients and aim to ensure an inclusive and supportive environment​

Question 8

What are the major barriers to education for Black nurses?

Answer 8

Lack of mentorship, financial resources, and previous negative experiences in the education system​

Question 9

What are examples of systemic oppression listed in the student presentation?

Answer 9

Exploitation, powerlessness, marginalization, cultural imperialism, and violence​

Question 10

Who are the Nacirema?

Answer 10

A satirical representation of American culture that highlights rituals and practices​

Question 11

What is the central metaphor in “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema”?

Answer 11

The body is viewed as inherently ugly and in constant need of ritual purification​

Question 12

How can race-based data improve public health?

Answer 12

By targeting interventions and addressing inequities in social determinants of health​

Question 13

What is one structural intervention to promote inclusion?

Answer 13

Creating formal programs to reduce structural barriers and engage in social action​

Question 14

What is a method to identify systems of power in healthcare?

Answer 14

Observing norms established by dominant groups that dehumanize or deny rights to others​

Question 15

Why is representation important in nursing education?

Answer 15

It challenges systemic racism, promotes inclusion, and improves understanding of diverse patient needs​

Question 16

What is the “Sunrise Enabler” in Leininger’s theory?

Answer 16

A conceptual guide to integrate cultural care into nursing practice​

Question 17

How does Miner’s article relate to nursing?

Answer 17

It teaches nurses to avoid ethnocentric judgments and value cultural diversity​

Question 18

What are the consequences of oppression in healthcare?

Answer 18

Unjust treatment, denial of rights, dehumanization of individuals, and biased education​

Question 19

What is the focus of Leininger’s Culture Care Theory?

Answer 19

Human care and cultural understanding, rather than medical symptoms or treatments​

Question 20

What are the three modalities of Leininger’s theory?

Answer 20

Cultural care preservation/maintenance, accommodation/negotiation, and repatterning/restructuring​

Question 21

What does intersectionality include in nursing care?

Answer 21

Both seen and unseen attributes that affect how patients experience care​

Question 22

What should care in nursing foster according to the presentation?

Answer 22

Respect, asking questions, relevant dialogue, and patient-centered cooperation​

Question 23

What are examples of systemic racism’s impact in medical systems?

Answer 23

Persistence of biases rooted in historical injustices such as slavery

Question 24

What are the three Canadian discourses highlighted?

Answer 24

Recognition, equality and citizenship, and capabilities​

Question 25

What is Madeline Leininger’s metaparadigm of nursing?

Answer 25

It includes concepts such as person, health, environment, and nursing​

Question 26

What are strengths of Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care?

Answer 26

Emphasizes inclusion of anthropological and cultural concepts, logical structure, and high generalizability

Question 27

What are the weaknesses of Leininger’s theory?

Answer 27

Complexity can lead to misinterpretation or rejection​

Question 28

Q: What questions should be avoided in care to promote anti-racism?

Answer 28

Making assumptions about clients without asking relevant, context-based questions​

Question 29

Who was Harriet Tubman, and how does she relate to nursing?

Answer 29

Harriet Tubman was a freedom fighter and caregiver who nursed sick and injured individuals during the Civil War, exemplifying resilience and care​

Question 30

Who was Mary Seacole?

Answer 30

A Jamaican-British nurse who provided care during the Crimean War, advocating for health equality and demonstrating innovative nursing practices​

Question 31

How did Mary Seacole challenge systemic barriers in healthcare?

Answer 31

By funding her own journey to the Crimean War when denied access and providing direct care to soldiers​

Question 32

Why is Harriet Tubman an inspirational figure in nursing history?

Answer 32

Her commitment to caregiving, even while risking her life for freedom, aligns with nursing values of compassion and advocacy​