WEEK 9 Flashcards
What is advocacy?
The act or process of supporting a cause or proposal
* a combination of individual and social actions designed to gain political and community support for a particular goal
* action may be taken by, or on behalf of individuals and groups
What does the RNAO add to advocacy?
Taking action WITH individuals who have lived experience of the consequences of the issue is an important element of advocacy to balance power inequities and ensure individuals most impacted by the consequences have a voice
What does advocacy involve?
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- engaging others
- exercising voice
- mobiliziing evidence
- speaking out against inequity and inequality
- participating in power and politics to advance policy options
Why should nurses advocate?
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- High level of credibility with the public
- Unique perspective and knowledge
- Successful advocates - look at our history!
- Respond to changing health policies - have the knowledge and window into direct patient and nursing workforce experience
What is the link between advocacy and ethics?
- Ethical nursing practice involves endeavoring to address broad aspects of social justice associated with health and wellbeing
- Speaks to the need to see inequities and then address them in our health system through advocacy
What is Paternalism?
Intentional overriding of one’s preferences/actions by another person, where that person justifies the action with the sentiment of benefitting or avoiding harm to the person whose will is over written
Name the 5 Social Powers of Nurses
- Personal power - based on reputation and ability
- Expert power - power needed by others if in the position as expert
- Position power - result of your position in an organization/group
- Perceived power - status as a powerful person
- Connection power - association with or links to powerful people
Explain power as situated within a relationship
- Relationships - we enable and are enabled by others; power dynamics always in play within relationships
- Power is not owned - regarded as a strategy; situational or relational
Explain power as a strategy
- Nurses need to work WITH power rather than against it
- Recognize that their task is not to overcome others, but to understand how power and its effects operate in order to enhance their sense of empowerment and their practice
Explain how power shapes healthcare for Indigenous people
- Power relationships shape the production of truth
- Changes in ownership of Indigenous health and wellbeing
What does it mean “to empower”
to give official authority of legal power to OR to promote self-actualization of influence
What is empowerment?
A process of enhancing feelings of self-efficacy among organizational members through the identification of conditions that foster powerlessness and their removal by both formal organizational practice and informal techniques of providing efficacy information
What is structural empowerment?
- Sharing of power and the eventual transference of decision-making power down the hierarchy
- Enabling employees to make decisions related to their jobs
What are the 4 Dimensions of Psychological Empowerment?
- Meaning - fit between job requirements and the individual’s own needs or standards
- Competence - individual’s confidence in their ability to do a good job of the work required
- Self-determination - sense of control over work
- Impact - sense of being able to influence empowerment outcomes at work
What are the 4 Dimensions of Structural Empowerment?
- Opportunities - advancement or new experiences
- Information - knowledge about the organization required to be effective
- Resources - equipment, supplies, staffing
- Support - from colleagues and superiors as required to complete their work
