Weeks 1-4 Midterm Flashcards
What is Nursing
self-regulated, goal is to maintain, restore, and advance the health of individuals, groups, or entire communities
Science of Nursing
application of nursing knowledge and the technical aspects of the practice
Art of Nursing
establishment of a caring relationship through which the nurse applies nursing knowledge, skills, and judgement in a compassionate manner
Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)
title of RN is protected, mandate series of values, play role in scope of practice and continuing competence
College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
entry level competencies, protect public from nurses, maintain list of all nurses
CNO Code of Conduct
- respect dignity of patients and treats them as individuals
- work together to promote patient well-being
- maintain public trust by providing safe and competent care
- work respectfully with colleagues to best meet patients needs
- act with integrity to maintain patients trust
- maintain public confidence in the nursing profession
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO)
regulate nurses in Ontario, promote healthy public policies and excellence, speak out for nurses and the public, nurses always accountable for their actions
Ontario Nurses Association (ONA)
labour union, effects contracts and economic conditions we work in, free education opportunities
International Council of Nurses (ICN)
represent nurses internationally, impact global health and SDOH by removing barriers and providing access to health care
Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA)
regulates collection, use, and disclosure of personal health information by health information custodians (HIC), consent implied with circle of care
Bill 19 - Health Information Protection Act
increasing number of privacy breaches being reported to Information Privacy Commission (IPC), introduced to better protect privacy
What is Knowing
a form of knowledge gained by experience and shaped by unique perspective of the individual
Women’s Ways of Knowing
- Silent
- Received
- Subjective
- Procedural
- Constructed
Silent Knowledge
obedience to authority, silence by culture or power of others
Received Knowledge
learn by listening to authority, truths based upon received information
Subjective Knowledge
rely on own feelings or experience for truth, intuition
Procedural Knowledge
attempt to understand authority figures, rely on technical skills for obtaining and communication truth
Connected - understand others by empathizing their perspective
Separate - separate from emotions/feelings, devils advocate
Constructed Knowledge
knowledge is contextual, aware of own thoughts and feelings
Perry’s Scheme of Intellectual/Ethical Development
Dualism - seeing world in black and white
Multiplicity - gray, want to question authority, challenge
Relativism - appreciate that everything has a context
Commitment - knowledge isn’t isolated, impact on who we are and our moral being
Carper’s Patterns of Knowing
all patterns need to be used together, practice involved bringing knowing and doing together
- Empirics
- Ethics
- Personal Knowing
- Aesthetics
- Emancipatory Knowing
Empirics
science of nursing, based on observation/evaluation, factual, describe, explain and predict phenomenon
Ethics
moral competent of nursing, ethics is rules and guidelines, whereas morality is subjective and what you personally think is right or wrong
Personal Knowing
therapeutic use of self, focuses on personal relationship between two people, able to identify needs on a holistic level
Aesthetics
art of nursing, being able to perceive what need is being expressed by behaviour, requires empathy
Emancipatory Knwoing
action to reduce or eliminate inequality or injustice, relates to SDOH, uses all patterns of knowing
Florence Nightingale
regarded as the founder of modern nursing, emphasized the role of nursing as art and science, ability to control environment provides healing spaces for patients
Morley and Jackson
nurses overwhelmed by environment which is damaging to patient care, the profession and individual nurses, need to advocate for role of the nurse and for changes in public policy