NURS 2001 Exam Questions with
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What is relational practice? - ANS-a humanely involved process of respectful,
compassionate and authentically interested inquiring into another (and one's own)
experience
How does the CNO define relational practice? and what is involved? - ANS-it is defined
as an inquiry that is guided by conscious participation with clients using a number of
relational skills including:
- listening
- questioning
- mutuality
- empathy
- sensitivity to emotional contexts
- self- observation
- reflection
What does the word relational mean? - ANS-- complex interplay of human life, the world
and nursing practice
- it MORE than just the touchy- feely emotional relationship
- it INVOLVES: highly reasoned, skilled action
to be relational what does it require? - ANS-- to have a sound knowledge base
- sophisticated inquiry, observational and analytical skills
- strong clinical skills (clinical judgement, decision making, clinical competencies)
What are the two parts of being relational? - ANS-1) relational consciousness
2) inquiry as a form of action
what is Relational Consciousness? - ANS-- it is grounded in the assumption that people
are situated and constituted through social, cultural, political and historical processes
and communities
- extends attention beyond the individual to the relational interplay occurring at and
between
What does the hermeneutic phenomenologic lens focus on? - ANS-- that people are not
separated from their words but are situated in and constituted by them
- the world influences and shapes us because we are not seperate from it
- people can only be understood in relationship to their worlds
, what does situated mean? - ANS-- embodied in their respective worlds - "informed by
experiences with family, culture, school, work
what does constituted mean? - ANS-- refers to the world that is in us
- incorporates the socio-historical experiences and teachings
- include culture
- family norms
- sociocultural norms become embodied in us
what does the critical lens focus on? - ANS-- all forms of social order (communities,
families, groups)
- all knowledge is shaped by socially and historically shaped power relations
- facts can never be separated from values or ideologies, there is no foundational
knowledge that can be known outside of human consciousness, values and history
- critical lens FOCUSES on the context and features of the world
- draws attention to power in equities and structural determinants of health
what three subtopics is the critical lens divided into? - ANS-1) the feminist
2) the postcolonial
3) the post structural
what does the critical lens focus on? - ANS-- power
- oppression
- culture
- economic conditions of life
- social change
what does the critical lens with feminist filter focus on? - ANS-- draws attention to how
power an inequity are gendered and how gender relations are socialy produced
- draws explicit attention to the gendered context of people's lives and the subtle ways
that dominate society values proscribe gender roles and responsibilities
- highlights how men's and women's roles are gendered within the family, workplace,
social life
what is colonialism? - ANS-encompasses the processes by which a foreign power
dominates and exploits indigenous groups by european powers
what is neocolonialism? - ANS-- refers to similar domination and exploitation that rather
then being accomplished through physical settlement and military domination
neocolonialism is accomplished through trade agreements and diplomacy backed up
with military threat
what is racism how is it related to colonialism? - ANS-- racism is a constant companion
to colonialism
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What is relational practice? - ANS-a humanely involved process of respectful,
compassionate and authentically interested inquiring into another (and one's own)
experience
How does the CNO define relational practice? and what is involved? - ANS-it is defined
as an inquiry that is guided by conscious participation with clients using a number of
relational skills including:
- listening
- questioning
- mutuality
- empathy
- sensitivity to emotional contexts
- self- observation
- reflection
What does the word relational mean? - ANS-- complex interplay of human life, the world
and nursing practice
- it MORE than just the touchy- feely emotional relationship
- it INVOLVES: highly reasoned, skilled action
to be relational what does it require? - ANS-- to have a sound knowledge base
- sophisticated inquiry, observational and analytical skills
- strong clinical skills (clinical judgement, decision making, clinical competencies)
What are the two parts of being relational? - ANS-1) relational consciousness
2) inquiry as a form of action
what is Relational Consciousness? - ANS-- it is grounded in the assumption that people
are situated and constituted through social, cultural, political and historical processes
and communities
- extends attention beyond the individual to the relational interplay occurring at and
between
What does the hermeneutic phenomenologic lens focus on? - ANS-- that people are not
separated from their words but are situated in and constituted by them
- the world influences and shapes us because we are not seperate from it
- people can only be understood in relationship to their worlds
, what does situated mean? - ANS-- embodied in their respective worlds - "informed by
experiences with family, culture, school, work
what does constituted mean? - ANS-- refers to the world that is in us
- incorporates the socio-historical experiences and teachings
- include culture
- family norms
- sociocultural norms become embodied in us
what does the critical lens focus on? - ANS-- all forms of social order (communities,
families, groups)
- all knowledge is shaped by socially and historically shaped power relations
- facts can never be separated from values or ideologies, there is no foundational
knowledge that can be known outside of human consciousness, values and history
- critical lens FOCUSES on the context and features of the world
- draws attention to power in equities and structural determinants of health
what three subtopics is the critical lens divided into? - ANS-1) the feminist
2) the postcolonial
3) the post structural
what does the critical lens focus on? - ANS-- power
- oppression
- culture
- economic conditions of life
- social change
what does the critical lens with feminist filter focus on? - ANS-- draws attention to how
power an inequity are gendered and how gender relations are socialy produced
- draws explicit attention to the gendered context of people's lives and the subtle ways
that dominate society values proscribe gender roles and responsibilities
- highlights how men's and women's roles are gendered within the family, workplace,
social life
what is colonialism? - ANS-encompasses the processes by which a foreign power
dominates and exploits indigenous groups by european powers
what is neocolonialism? - ANS-- refers to similar domination and exploitation that rather
then being accomplished through physical settlement and military domination
neocolonialism is accomplished through trade agreements and diplomacy backed up
with military threat
what is racism how is it related to colonialism? - ANS-- racism is a constant companion
to colonialism
