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EXAM
, MATERNAL CHILD NURSING CARE CHAPTER 1 EXAM
Currative approach, wellness is the absence of disease, goal is to cure illness, features
paternalism - answer-Medical Model
Ethnopluralism - answer-Diverse cultures, traditional medical model was based on
Euro-Caucasian descent, this is no longer relevant with the growing diverse cultures in
U.S. New medical model must evolve to include consumerism, holism and diverse
cultures. Also called multi-ethnic
Ethnocentrism - answer-Belief that your culture or one culture is superior to another,
Traditional Medical Model featured belief that Euro-Caucasian male health care system
values are superior. This view can critically compromise effective health care.
Describe the nursing process in relations to the TRADITIONAL LINEAR health wellness
continuum - answer-Emphasis on treating the illness defined the scope of the nurse
practice: assess for signs of illness, diagnose alternations in health, determine
interventions to restore health, conceptualize a targeted health outcome moving away
from illness, evaluate treatment plan for nurse determined modifications
Describe the shift in nursing process in relations to the health wellness continuum -
answer-Shared experience of transcending or controlling the health threat and changing
it into one of purposeful meaning. The nurse patient relationship is now circular/spiral.
The goal is to motivate the patient towards promotion, maintenance and restoration of
health, prevention of illness, self-care
Describe the shared connectedness between patient and nurse in the new health
promotion nursing process - answer-The RN should experience the illness/health threat
in the same manner that the patient perceives it. Move patient to a patient defined state
of coping, harmony, holism, spirituality (meaning)
Nursing Aesthetics - answer-the art of nursing, low-tech, high-touch artistry of caring
that strengthens the patient's confidence in their patient to manage the healing process,
make changes or master the threatening health event. Can be described as a
transformative and spiral process.
Name three nursing interventions that fall under Nursing Aesthetics Art - answer-
Imagery, Music Therapy and Touch
Name the 12 nursing aesthetics that strengthen confidence in mastering a health threat
- answer-Low tech, high tech, reflective sharing, listening, touching, imaging,
experiencing, presencing, caring, valuing, facilitating, ALL Foundations of the
RELATIONSHIP
Engaging Transpersonal Care - answer-Nursing approach which has evolved from the
simple nursing basics of providing treatment-driven, high-technology centered care.