BSNC - FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
Relational Practice
Answer:
A humanely involved process of respectful, compassionate, and authentically
inter-ested inquiry into another (and one's own) experiences
Question:
Hartricks 5 relational capacities of the nurse for relational practice
Answer:
1. Initiative, authenticity, and responsiveness 2. Mutuality and synchrony
3. Honouring complexity and ambiguity
4. Intentionality in relating
5. Re-imagining
Question:
CRNBC definition of relational practice:
Answer:
"an inquiry that is guided by conscious participation with clients using a
number of relational skills including listening, questioning, empathy,
mutuality, reciprocity, self-observation, reflection, and a sensitivity to
emotional contexts. Relational practice encompasses therapeutic nurse-client
relationships and relationships among health care providers"
Question:
HP Lens: ABOUT MEANING
Answer:
- Guides us to inquire into particular concerns and priorities to ask what is
important and significant at different points in time - PT centered - What
matters to them? How do i get to know them? Walk in their shoes?
Question:
Critical lens: ABOUT POWER
Answer:
- Helps us examine how structural conditions and inequities shape people,
health and healthcare - CONTEXT CENTRED to understand person's and your
own experiences - Who benefits? What is taken for granted? - Which ideology
(individualism/patriarchy/etc) is put forward? What is the dominant
discourse?
Question:
Empirical Inquiry
Answer:
Empirical inquiry focuses on developing empirical knowledge through
observation and experiment, including research and is aimed at developing
theoretical and conceptual understandings. The man is searching for an
, "objective truth" regarding the use of this treatment to enhance his health. In
this case an empirical inquiry is most appropriate to this example.
ex: A middle aged male is considering taking a B12 supplement as he has been
reading, lately, that this is often lacking in men his age and could benefit his
health in various ways. The man asks his health practitioner how he knows if
this is the right health decision for him. This is a sample of which mode of
inquiry?
Question:
Ethical inquiry:
Answer:
focuses on clarifying values, commitments and obligations. Ethical knowledge
provides direction for decisions to uphold values and obligations to which
people are committed. In this case, the health care team cannot simply
over-ride the woman's wishes based on her faith, even if it means her health
may be in jeopardy. An ethical inquiry would entail inviting in other opinions
and looking at empirical evidence related to ethical decision making.
ex: A woman is admitted to hospital for complications related to excessive
blood loss after delivering her baby. The woman ascribes to a faith which does
not permit blood transfusions. The interdisciplinary health care team on the
unit has been discussing this woman's plan of treatment extensively. When
deciding whether this woman is able to make treatment decisions in her best
interests, which of the modes of inquiry should the team use?
Question:
Sociopolitical inquiry:
Answer:
you will want to ask the following questions: What are the power dynamics
involved? What orientation to power does the case manager hold? How is the
case manager enacting this power with the client? What power dynamics
support or constrain the case manager's ability to offer the client more control
over his treatment?
ex: A person who is diagnosed with schizophrenia is expected to attend a visit
with his case manager two times per month in order to receive an injection of
antipsychotic medication (medication commonly prescribed to treat delusions
and hallucinations associated with schizophrenia). He lives in a community
where community mental health resources are limited and often uses illicit
substances when he is not taking his antipsychotic medication. Which mode of
inquiry is most appropriate as you begin to understand this person's situation?
Question:
Aesthetic Inquiry:
Answer:
The care aide sought to inquire about how to make a meaningful connection
with the older adult client. She questioned what would constitute a
meaningful and "beautiful" experience in the situation. The attention to what
was unique in the lived experience of the older adult provided the care aide an
opportunity to make a connection with the client and possibly mitigate the
need for additional medication or medical interventions to promote sleep.
Although it might be something simple, aesthetic inquiry can have a profound
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
Relational Practice
Answer:
A humanely involved process of respectful, compassionate, and authentically
inter-ested inquiry into another (and one's own) experiences
Question:
Hartricks 5 relational capacities of the nurse for relational practice
Answer:
1. Initiative, authenticity, and responsiveness 2. Mutuality and synchrony
3. Honouring complexity and ambiguity
4. Intentionality in relating
5. Re-imagining
Question:
CRNBC definition of relational practice:
Answer:
"an inquiry that is guided by conscious participation with clients using a
number of relational skills including listening, questioning, empathy,
mutuality, reciprocity, self-observation, reflection, and a sensitivity to
emotional contexts. Relational practice encompasses therapeutic nurse-client
relationships and relationships among health care providers"
Question:
HP Lens: ABOUT MEANING
Answer:
- Guides us to inquire into particular concerns and priorities to ask what is
important and significant at different points in time - PT centered - What
matters to them? How do i get to know them? Walk in their shoes?
Question:
Critical lens: ABOUT POWER
Answer:
- Helps us examine how structural conditions and inequities shape people,
health and healthcare - CONTEXT CENTRED to understand person's and your
own experiences - Who benefits? What is taken for granted? - Which ideology
(individualism/patriarchy/etc) is put forward? What is the dominant
discourse?
Question:
Empirical Inquiry
Answer:
Empirical inquiry focuses on developing empirical knowledge through
observation and experiment, including research and is aimed at developing
theoretical and conceptual understandings. The man is searching for an
, "objective truth" regarding the use of this treatment to enhance his health. In
this case an empirical inquiry is most appropriate to this example.
ex: A middle aged male is considering taking a B12 supplement as he has been
reading, lately, that this is often lacking in men his age and could benefit his
health in various ways. The man asks his health practitioner how he knows if
this is the right health decision for him. This is a sample of which mode of
inquiry?
Question:
Ethical inquiry:
Answer:
focuses on clarifying values, commitments and obligations. Ethical knowledge
provides direction for decisions to uphold values and obligations to which
people are committed. In this case, the health care team cannot simply
over-ride the woman's wishes based on her faith, even if it means her health
may be in jeopardy. An ethical inquiry would entail inviting in other opinions
and looking at empirical evidence related to ethical decision making.
ex: A woman is admitted to hospital for complications related to excessive
blood loss after delivering her baby. The woman ascribes to a faith which does
not permit blood transfusions. The interdisciplinary health care team on the
unit has been discussing this woman's plan of treatment extensively. When
deciding whether this woman is able to make treatment decisions in her best
interests, which of the modes of inquiry should the team use?
Question:
Sociopolitical inquiry:
Answer:
you will want to ask the following questions: What are the power dynamics
involved? What orientation to power does the case manager hold? How is the
case manager enacting this power with the client? What power dynamics
support or constrain the case manager's ability to offer the client more control
over his treatment?
ex: A person who is diagnosed with schizophrenia is expected to attend a visit
with his case manager two times per month in order to receive an injection of
antipsychotic medication (medication commonly prescribed to treat delusions
and hallucinations associated with schizophrenia). He lives in a community
where community mental health resources are limited and often uses illicit
substances when he is not taking his antipsychotic medication. Which mode of
inquiry is most appropriate as you begin to understand this person's situation?
Question:
Aesthetic Inquiry:
Answer:
The care aide sought to inquire about how to make a meaningful connection
with the older adult client. She questioned what would constitute a
meaningful and "beautiful" experience in the situation. The attention to what
was unique in the lived experience of the older adult provided the care aide an
opportunity to make a connection with the client and possibly mitigate the
need for additional medication or medical interventions to promote sleep.
Although it might be something simple, aesthetic inquiry can have a profound
