medical health model correct answers Lays emphasis on medical intervention in restoring health.
behavioural health model correct answers This was as a result of Lalonde's report of 1974 "A
new perspective to the health of Canadians". It defined health determinants as environment,
lifestyle, human biology and organization of health care. Responsibility of health was placed on
individual by practicing healthy behaviour.
socioenvironmental health model correct answers Criticized lifestyle determinant of health as it
was believed to be practiced by well educated, well employed and higher income Canadians.
Argued that health behaviours could not be separated from social contexts in which they occur.
Ottawa Charter (1986) for health promotion identified prerequisites of health as shelter,
education, food, income, social and political contexts, Health responsibility was placed on
society.
health belief health model correct answers Perception of seriousness of health problem and its
susceptibility.Serves as cues to action.
health promotion correct answers the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to
improve, their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of
social and environmental interventions.
primary prevention correct answers Activities to protect against a disease before signs and
symptoms occur such as immunization, reduction of risk factors etc.
secondary prevention correct answers Activities that promotes early detection of disease once
pathogenesis has occured for prompt treatment in order to limit disability e.g preventive
screening for cancer, blood pressure screening to detect hypertension.
,tertiary prevention correct answers Activities initiated at convalescent stage of disease. Its
directed toward minimizing residual disability and helping people live productively with
limitations.
nursing correct answers collaborative care of people of all ages, families, groups, and
communities, sick or well. Needs to include promotion of health, illness prevention, and the care
of ill, disabled, and dying individuals.
Professionalism correct answers Qualities or typical features of a profession or professional. A
collection of attitudes and actions; it suggests knowledge and technical skill.
College of Nurses of Ontario correct answers the governing body for RNs, RPNs, and LPs in
Ontario, Canada. They assess concerns about conduct and competence of nurses in order to
protect the public.
practice standards correct answers use to support the workers in providing them with a safe and
ethical care
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) correct answers professional organization
representing RNs in Ontario. They are a credible, strong voice leading the nursing profession to
influence and promote healthy public policy
Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) correct answers The Canadian Nurses Association promotes
profession-led regulation in the publics interest. They provide national and international
leadership in nursing and health. The CNA also advocates in the publics interest for a publicly
funded, non-profit health care system.
Canadian Nurses Students Association(CNSA) correct answers The Canadian Nurses Students
Association influence and advance innovation in the nursing curriculum and research. They are
involved in strengthening linkages and creating new partnerships. Another one of their objectives
is to be the primary resource for nursing students.The CNSA is important in ensuring that
nursing students have a say in what their experience is like at their respective education
institution they attend, and in their profession as a whole.
,McMaster Undergraduate Nursing Student Society (MUNSS) correct answers describes
themselves as a council run by the students for the students. Represents the BScN students from
the Mcmaster, Mohawk and Conestoga sites. They speak on behalf of the Mcmaster nursing
students to make changes happen.
Unregulated care provider (UCP) correct answers An unregulated worker who performs multiple
tasks, some of which may traditionally have been performed by regulated health care
professionals., personal support worker, nursing aide, nurse extender, and unlicensed assistive
personnel.
CNO Quality Assurance (QA) Program correct answers Program is based on the principle that
lifelong learning is essential to continuing competence. Every nurse registered in the General or
Extended classes is required by law to participate in this program.
Learning Plan correct answers A way to meet a learning goal identified through a self-
assessment. The plan will take into account the following: Learning objectives, indicators that
identify when the goal is met, available resources, and a target finish date.
clinical judgement correct answers "an interpretation or conclusion about a patient's needs,
concerns or health problems, and/or the decision to take action (or not), use or modify standard
approaches, or improvise new ones as deemed appropriate by the patient's response" (Tanner,
2006, p. 204)
clinical reasoning correct answers "...the process by which...nurses make their judgments, and
includes both the deliberate process of generating alternatives, weight them against the evidence,
and choosing the most appropriate, and those patterns that might be characterized as engaged,
practical reasoning..
(Tanner, 206, p. 204-205)
Tanner's Model of Nursing correct answers Noticing, interpreting, responding, reflecting
, noticing correct answers referred to as the initial grasp of the clinical situation. It does not stem
from assessment, rather from the function of a nurse's expectation of the situation. (Thinking
Like a Nurse article, p.208) → general survey for example
interpreting correct answers the collection of data, and recognition of a reasoning pattern.
Reasoning patterns include: analytic, intuitive, narrative (Thinking Like a Nurse article, p. 208-
209) → deciding what to do before you do anything
responding correct answers an appropriate course of action (Thinking Like a Nurse article, p.
208)
reflection-in-action correct answers "refers to nurse's ability to read the patient -- how he or she
is responding to the nursing intervention-- and adjust the interventions based on that assessment"
(Thinking Like a Nurse article, p. 209)
reflection-on-action correct answers (clinical learning): "showing what nurses gain from their
experience contributes to their ongoing clinical knowledge development and their
capacity for clinical judgement in future situations" (Thinking Like a Nurse article, p. 209)
empathy correct answers Ability to understand and accept another person's reality.
praxis correct answers A dialogue representing the dynamic interaction between theorizing and
clinical practice.
scientific paradigm correct answers a series of scientific and practical assumptions about the
world, also known as a conceptual framework
therapeutic use of self correct answers -Definition: the practitioner's conscious, planned
interaction with the individual, family members, significant others, and/or caregivers (the
conscious, planned use of one's personality, unique characteristics, perceptions and insights
during the therapeutic process