NSE31 Test 1 Study Set With
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Where do community nurses practice? - ANSWER "Where the ppl are"
- Schools, public health, home care, community clinics, community agencies, shelters,
homeless outreach, addictions, mental health facilities, correctional institutions,
religious institutions etc.
- Multiple levels of intervention:
- individual (micro)
- family (micro)
- community, institution (meso)
- population; social, economic, political, historical (macro)
CHN Nursing Skills - ANSWER Needs assessment, program planning/evaluation,
community development, policy development, political action/advocacy, health
education / communication, counseling, social marketing, health promotion and
prevention
Competencies:
- collaboration
- conflict management
- communication
- self-reflection
- professionalism
- ethical practice
Assumptions underlying community nursing - ANSWER - ppl live in communities
- care happens in multiple places
- need to create seamless transitions between where ppl live and where they're cared
for
- access to care is influenced by variety of determinants
- we are guests in ppl's lives; we are invited in and can be invited out
,- our own biases, assumptions, experiences etc. influence our practice
- self-reflection is vital to providing ethical, socially just, respectful care
CHN Ethical Principles - ANSWER - Social justice and equity
- Respect for diversity, difference, and multiple ways of being
- Capacity rather than needs-based perspective
- Working "with" rather than doing "to" or working "for" community/individual
CHN Standards - ANSWER 1. Health promotion
2. Prevention and health protection
3. Health maintenance, restoration, and palliation
4. Professional relationships
5. Capacity building
6. Access and equity
7. Professional responsibility and accountability
Health: Behavioural Lens - ANSWER Health concept - individualized, health as energy,
functional ability, disease-preventing lifestyles
Health problems - behavioural risk factors; smoking, poor nutrition, lack of fitness,
drug/alcohol abuse, poor stress coping, lack of life skills etc.
Principal strategies - health education, social marketing, advocacy of public policies
supporting lifestyle choices
Targets - high risk groups, children and youth
General approach - individualized, elements of societal focus as r/t public policy
Actors - public health workers, illness-related advocacy groups, govn'ts
Health: Socioenvironmental Lens - ANSWER Health concept - positive sate defined in
connectedness to one's family/friends/community, being in control, ability to do things
that are important or have meaning, community and societal structures supporting
human development
Health problems - defined in terms of psychosocial risk factors and socio-environmental
risk conditions: poverty, income gap, isolation, powerlessness, pollution, stressful
environments, hazardous living, working conditions etc.
Principal strategies - small group development, community development, coalition
building, political action and advocacy, societal change
, Target - high risk societal conditions
General approach - multi-focused, intersectoral, structural, focused on organization of
communities and society, development of just political/economic policies
Actors - citizens, social development and social service organizations, political
movements and parties
CHN Critical Theory - ANSWER - derives from critical social theory
- based on work of Paulo Freire
- not one particular "theory", but a lens for thinking about change
- other theories based on this; feminist theory, queer theory, anti-oppression theory
Interactional Perspective - ANSWER states that behavior is a function of interdependent
person and environmental factors
How do you interact with and influence the picture?
Social Justice - ANSWER The fair distribution of society's benefits, responsibilities, and
their consequences
- focuses on relative position of one social group in relationship with others
- acknowledges that systemic oppression exists and creates inequities across groups
- acknowledges that we all have a responsibility to understand our own role in creating
disparity, and to identify and address issues of inequity
10 Defining Attributes of Social Justice - ANSWER Equity
Human rights
Democracy and civil rights
Capacity building
Just institutions
Enabling environments
Poverty reduction
3 Feature of Ethics Grounded in Social Justice - ANSWER 1. Power - ethical uses of
power in healthcare
2. Positionality and interconnectedness - person's position is influenced by factors
including culture, history, politics etc. Ppl are unique, interconnected and in relationship
with one another
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Where do community nurses practice? - ANSWER "Where the ppl are"
- Schools, public health, home care, community clinics, community agencies, shelters,
homeless outreach, addictions, mental health facilities, correctional institutions,
religious institutions etc.
- Multiple levels of intervention:
- individual (micro)
- family (micro)
- community, institution (meso)
- population; social, economic, political, historical (macro)
CHN Nursing Skills - ANSWER Needs assessment, program planning/evaluation,
community development, policy development, political action/advocacy, health
education / communication, counseling, social marketing, health promotion and
prevention
Competencies:
- collaboration
- conflict management
- communication
- self-reflection
- professionalism
- ethical practice
Assumptions underlying community nursing - ANSWER - ppl live in communities
- care happens in multiple places
- need to create seamless transitions between where ppl live and where they're cared
for
- access to care is influenced by variety of determinants
- we are guests in ppl's lives; we are invited in and can be invited out
,- our own biases, assumptions, experiences etc. influence our practice
- self-reflection is vital to providing ethical, socially just, respectful care
CHN Ethical Principles - ANSWER - Social justice and equity
- Respect for diversity, difference, and multiple ways of being
- Capacity rather than needs-based perspective
- Working "with" rather than doing "to" or working "for" community/individual
CHN Standards - ANSWER 1. Health promotion
2. Prevention and health protection
3. Health maintenance, restoration, and palliation
4. Professional relationships
5. Capacity building
6. Access and equity
7. Professional responsibility and accountability
Health: Behavioural Lens - ANSWER Health concept - individualized, health as energy,
functional ability, disease-preventing lifestyles
Health problems - behavioural risk factors; smoking, poor nutrition, lack of fitness,
drug/alcohol abuse, poor stress coping, lack of life skills etc.
Principal strategies - health education, social marketing, advocacy of public policies
supporting lifestyle choices
Targets - high risk groups, children and youth
General approach - individualized, elements of societal focus as r/t public policy
Actors - public health workers, illness-related advocacy groups, govn'ts
Health: Socioenvironmental Lens - ANSWER Health concept - positive sate defined in
connectedness to one's family/friends/community, being in control, ability to do things
that are important or have meaning, community and societal structures supporting
human development
Health problems - defined in terms of psychosocial risk factors and socio-environmental
risk conditions: poverty, income gap, isolation, powerlessness, pollution, stressful
environments, hazardous living, working conditions etc.
Principal strategies - small group development, community development, coalition
building, political action and advocacy, societal change
, Target - high risk societal conditions
General approach - multi-focused, intersectoral, structural, focused on organization of
communities and society, development of just political/economic policies
Actors - citizens, social development and social service organizations, political
movements and parties
CHN Critical Theory - ANSWER - derives from critical social theory
- based on work of Paulo Freire
- not one particular "theory", but a lens for thinking about change
- other theories based on this; feminist theory, queer theory, anti-oppression theory
Interactional Perspective - ANSWER states that behavior is a function of interdependent
person and environmental factors
How do you interact with and influence the picture?
Social Justice - ANSWER The fair distribution of society's benefits, responsibilities, and
their consequences
- focuses on relative position of one social group in relationship with others
- acknowledges that systemic oppression exists and creates inequities across groups
- acknowledges that we all have a responsibility to understand our own role in creating
disparity, and to identify and address issues of inequity
10 Defining Attributes of Social Justice - ANSWER Equity
Human rights
Democracy and civil rights
Capacity building
Just institutions
Enabling environments
Poverty reduction
3 Feature of Ethics Grounded in Social Justice - ANSWER 1. Power - ethical uses of
power in healthcare
2. Positionality and interconnectedness - person's position is influenced by factors
including culture, history, politics etc. Ppl are unique, interconnected and in relationship
with one another
