NURS 2001 Exam with Verified Solutions
Relational Practice - ANSWER-- a humanely involved process is respectful,
compassionate, and authentically interested inquiring into another (and one's own)
experiences
- encompasses therapeutic nurse-client relationships and relationships among health
care providers
Caring - ANSWER-is an action
Compassion - ANSWER-a feeling, sensitive to others needs
Trustworthiness - ANSWER-nonjudgmental, following through on our word
Integrity - ANSWER-doing the right thing when nobody is looking
empathy - ANSWER-putting yourself in their shoes
Relational Ethics - ANSWER-- a contemporary approach to ethics that situates ethical
action explicitly in relationship
- includes; Mutual respect, Embodiment, Engagement, Environment
Relational inquiry - ANSWER-- Complex interplay and human like, the world and
nursing practice
- More than the touchy feely, emotion and nurse-patient relationships
- Involves highly reasoned, skilled action
What is Being Curious - ANSWER-"uncertainty is uncomfortable position, but certainty
is an absurd one"
What is Being Committed - ANSWER-Takes courage, time, determination, sacrifice,
work through challenges, embrace difference
What is Competence - ANSWER-Having the knowledge to know what you're doing
What is Corresponding - ANSWER-Being in sync with another human being, being
there in difficult times, trusting relationship
What is compassion? - ANSWER-Understanding your patients and what lead them to
where they are, treating people as individuals and not as a whole
, What is Culture? - ANSWER-- Values, beliefs, attitudes and practices of particular
groups
- Dynamic relational process of selectively responding to and integrating particular
historical, social, political, economic, physical and linguistic structures and processes
What is Context? - ANSWER-The structures and living processes that shape and are
shaped by people's lives
Seeing Culture Contextually - ANSWER-Draws your attention to how differences
between people are shaped by patriarchy, racism, imperialism, and colonialism,
economic, political and social effects
Historical Context - ANSWER-- Practice with an awareness of history
- History creates individual pathways
- Continuous inquiry at all levels regarding history influencing the immediate situation
Sociopolitical Context - ANSWER-- Power is an inherent aspect of our social world
- Think about hierarchy of power difference in health care..
- Can be improved by reducing barriers and enhancing access to health care
Material/Economic Context - ANSWER-- Individual health and poverty are a
consequence of a lack of individual effort
- Health is affected by material resources
- Person born poor is likely to remain poor
- Understand the dynamics of economic and material resources on health
Physical Context - ANSWER-- Physical environments affect health
- Urban vs, rural hospitals, resources in the community
Linguistics - ANSWER-- What are the stereotypes about people that might influence the
care
- What are the common labelling practices
- What language or discourses might discourage this family from seeking help
Cultural Competence - ANSWER-- Refers to the skills, knowledge and attitudes
required to provide care with consideration for various cultural differences
- Madeline Leininger nursing theorist is credited with 'coining' the term cultural
competence and promoting use among transcultural nurses
- awareness, knowledge, skill, encounter, desire
Cultural Safety - ANSWER-- Describes the concept that nursing care is 'unsafe' if clients
feel humiliated or alienated or are directly or indirectly dissuaded from accessing
necessary care
- ITS NOT ABOUT: cultural practices
- IT INVOLVES: recognition of the social, economic, and political position of certain
groups
Relational Practice - ANSWER-- a humanely involved process is respectful,
compassionate, and authentically interested inquiring into another (and one's own)
experiences
- encompasses therapeutic nurse-client relationships and relationships among health
care providers
Caring - ANSWER-is an action
Compassion - ANSWER-a feeling, sensitive to others needs
Trustworthiness - ANSWER-nonjudgmental, following through on our word
Integrity - ANSWER-doing the right thing when nobody is looking
empathy - ANSWER-putting yourself in their shoes
Relational Ethics - ANSWER-- a contemporary approach to ethics that situates ethical
action explicitly in relationship
- includes; Mutual respect, Embodiment, Engagement, Environment
Relational inquiry - ANSWER-- Complex interplay and human like, the world and
nursing practice
- More than the touchy feely, emotion and nurse-patient relationships
- Involves highly reasoned, skilled action
What is Being Curious - ANSWER-"uncertainty is uncomfortable position, but certainty
is an absurd one"
What is Being Committed - ANSWER-Takes courage, time, determination, sacrifice,
work through challenges, embrace difference
What is Competence - ANSWER-Having the knowledge to know what you're doing
What is Corresponding - ANSWER-Being in sync with another human being, being
there in difficult times, trusting relationship
What is compassion? - ANSWER-Understanding your patients and what lead them to
where they are, treating people as individuals and not as a whole
, What is Culture? - ANSWER-- Values, beliefs, attitudes and practices of particular
groups
- Dynamic relational process of selectively responding to and integrating particular
historical, social, political, economic, physical and linguistic structures and processes
What is Context? - ANSWER-The structures and living processes that shape and are
shaped by people's lives
Seeing Culture Contextually - ANSWER-Draws your attention to how differences
between people are shaped by patriarchy, racism, imperialism, and colonialism,
economic, political and social effects
Historical Context - ANSWER-- Practice with an awareness of history
- History creates individual pathways
- Continuous inquiry at all levels regarding history influencing the immediate situation
Sociopolitical Context - ANSWER-- Power is an inherent aspect of our social world
- Think about hierarchy of power difference in health care..
- Can be improved by reducing barriers and enhancing access to health care
Material/Economic Context - ANSWER-- Individual health and poverty are a
consequence of a lack of individual effort
- Health is affected by material resources
- Person born poor is likely to remain poor
- Understand the dynamics of economic and material resources on health
Physical Context - ANSWER-- Physical environments affect health
- Urban vs, rural hospitals, resources in the community
Linguistics - ANSWER-- What are the stereotypes about people that might influence the
care
- What are the common labelling practices
- What language or discourses might discourage this family from seeking help
Cultural Competence - ANSWER-- Refers to the skills, knowledge and attitudes
required to provide care with consideration for various cultural differences
- Madeline Leininger nursing theorist is credited with 'coining' the term cultural
competence and promoting use among transcultural nurses
- awareness, knowledge, skill, encounter, desire
Cultural Safety - ANSWER-- Describes the concept that nursing care is 'unsafe' if clients
feel humiliated or alienated or are directly or indirectly dissuaded from accessing
necessary care
- ITS NOT ABOUT: cultural practices
- IT INVOLVES: recognition of the social, economic, and political position of certain
groups
