Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What are the three historical approaches to health in Canada? - - medical approach - behavioral approach - socio-environmental approach Describe the medical approach to health (6) - - western thinking - focuses on treatment of disease - must have adequate health-care system - prevalent after WWII with influx of economic growth - national health insurance was created - less emphasis on health promotion & disease prevention The physicians role in the medical model

Medical Approach : Focuses on treatment of disease; fixing the problem Socio-Environmental : Combination of medical and behavioral approach; health is tied to the social structure (poverty, air pollution) Nursing Theory : Set of ideas used to describe, explain or predict the physical and social worlds Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Marie Rollet Hebert : Committed to teaching aboriginal children and families about Christianity Jeanne Mance : Founded Hotel Dieu de Ville in Montreal; Founded first hospital Marguerite d'Youville : Founder of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, which later became known as the Grey Nuns Florence Nightingale : Founder of modern nursing; Proved that a clean environment led to reduced disease and wound infection Mary Agnes Snively : First nursing superintendent of Toronto General Hospital S...

What are the three historical approaches to health in Canada? : - medical approach - behavioural approach - socio-environmental approach Describe the medical approach to health (6) : - western thinking - focuses on treatment of disease - must have adequate health-care system - prevalent after WWII with influx of economic growth - national health insurance was created - less emphasis on health promotion & disease prevention The physicians role in the medical model 2 : The physicia...

Why is it important to involve the client in care decisions? (2) : -Gives clients autonomy ad independence - their needs will guide your care What are ethics? : Standards to which we hold ourselves morally What is an ethical dilemma? : When two values are conflicting What is the the first step to resolving an ethical dilemma? : Determining whether or not its actually an ethical dilemma. What are the principals that guide professional practice? (6) : - Responsibility 2 -accountabili...

Personal Directive : legal documents which allow you to name a decision maker and/or provide written instructions to be followed when, due to illness or injury, you no longer have the capacity to make decisions such as where you will live or the medical treatment you will receive. Agent : A person to make decisions for a person who is assessed as being incapable of providing informed consent for health care or temporary residential placement. Capacity : the ability to understand info...

Ethics : -Good conduct, character & motives -Philosophical ideas of right & wrong -A reflection of what matters most to people Morality : Beliefs or traditions we hold & how we conduct ourselves towards others (ex. kolberg's theory of moral development) -Right vs. Wrong Moral autonomy : -we feel responsibility & ownership for out chosen values -being accountable & standing up for what we believe in. Moral integrit

Marie Rollet Hebert : Respected aboriginal people for their knowledge and health practices (home remedies) Jeanne Mance : Founded Hotel Dieu de Ville in Montreal; Founded first hospital, CNA gives an award in her honor Marguerite d'Youville : Founder of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, which later became known as the Grey Nuns Florence Nightingale : Founder of modern nursing; Proved that a clean environment led to reduced disease and wound infection 2 Mary Agnes Snively : First n...

Personal Directive : legal documents which allow you to name a decision maker and/or provide written instructions to be followed when, due to illness or injury, you no longer have the capacity to make decisions such as where you will live or the medical treatment you will receive. Agent : A person to make decisions for a person who is assessed as being incapable of providing informed consent for health care or temporary residential placement. Capacity : the ability to understand info...

Medical Approach : Focuses on treatment of disease; fixing the problem Socio-Environmental : Combination of medical and behavioral approach; health is tied to the social structure (poverty, air pollution) Nursing Theory : Set of ideas used to describe, explain or predict the physical and social worlds Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs : Physiological, Safety, Belonging/Love, Self Esteem and Self Actualization Erikson's Psychosocial Stages of Development 2 : Trust vs Mistrust (birth-1), A...