PPN 101 Week 2

Emancipatory Knowing

• Empowers nurses to recognize social and political injustices.
• Aids in identifying necessary social and structural changes to address inequities.
• Positions nurses as advocates to reduce health care disparities.

Reflective Practice as a Way of Knowing

• Various models exist to help nurses understand and implement reflective practice.
• Requires self-analysis of personal involvement, interpretations, and the meaning derived from experiences.
• Essential for knowledge development within the nursing profession.

Professional Nursing as a Practice Discipline

• Defined as a field combining specialized knowledge with critical thinking.
• Professionalism in nursing includes attributes such as accountability, autonomy, and ethics.
• A strong emphasis on collaboration and innovation is crucial in nursing roles.

Nursing Attributes

• Key attributes include knowledge, inquiry, accountability, advocacy, innovation, and ethical values.
• Personal attributes impact academic and professional growth.
• Critical social approaches are necessary to expose oppression and advocate for equity.

Rosa Parks and Social Justice

• Rosa Parks highlighted the importance of understanding personal rights and human dignity.
• Her actions serve as a powerful example of challenging societal norms for justice.

Personal vs. Professional Values

• Personal values are formed early in life and contribute to self-concept.
• Professional values are developed through socialization into nursing and may conflict with personal beliefs, necessitating ethical decision-making.

Core Nursing Professional Values and Ethical Responsibilities

• Seven core values include:
  • Safe and compassionate care
  • Promoting health and well-being
  • Respecting informed decision-making
  • Honoring dignity
  • Maintaining privacy and confidentiality
  • Promoting justice
  • Accountability in practice

Criteria and Behaviors of a Profession

• Nursing requires specialized knowledge and skills, taught in institutions of higher education.
• Ethical standards and ongoing research contribute to knowledge enhancement.
• Nurses practice autonomously and are committed to societal service.

College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)

• Regulates approximately 160,000 nurses in Ontario with a focus on public interest.
• Members must adhere to professional standards and maintain competence throughout their careers.

Standards of Nursing Practice

• Core standards include accountability, continuing competence, ethics, knowledge application, leadership, and fostering professional relationships.

Weekly Objectives

• Compare phenomenology and Critical Social Theory (CST) in relation to nursing and Canadian healthcare.
• Discuss the relationship between CST and social justice.
• Explore the concept of Ways of Knowing in nursing and its impact on practice.
• Examine personal and professional values in nursing self-awareness.
• Characterize nursing as a profession, detailing criteria and professional behaviors.

Program Philosophies

• Phenomenology:

  • Focuses on the lived experiences of clients regarding health and healing.
  • Emphasizes the importance of the nurse-client relationship in understanding experiences.

• Critical Social Theory (CST):

  • Aims to expose hidden social relationships and address inequalities in healthcare and society.
  • Challenges power imbalances impacting marginalized groups.

Phenomenology

• Involves the philosophical investigation of experience and consciousness.
• Uses qualitative research to describe phenomena based on individual perception rather than cause and effect.
• Encourages nurses to ask specific questions to grasp patients' lived experiences.

Critical Social Theory

• A framework aimed at identifying constraints on human freedom and challenging systemic inequities.
• Focuses on social, economic, and political factors that contribute to marginalization and oppression.
• Advocates for changes that improve the lives of vulnerable populations.

Ways of Knowing

• Critical for understanding and improving nursing practice.
• Empirical knowledge relies on observable facts and sensory experience.
• Ethical knowledge focuses on moral reasoning and patient autonomy.
• Personal knowledge emphasizes the connection and understanding between nurses and clients.
• Aesthetic knowledge appreciates the broader context of patient experiences.
• Emancipatory knowledge highlights social justice and the need for advocacy in healthcare.

Professional Values and Ethics in Nursing

• Core values include providing compassionate, ethical care, and promoting health and well-being.
• Personal values shape one's nursing career but can conflict with professional responsibilities.
• Effective ethical reasoning is necessary for navigating such conflicts.

Reflective Practice

• Reflection enhances nursing knowledge by encouraging self-assessment of experiences and learning.
• Multiple models exist to guide reflective practice, promoting deeper understanding and knowledge development.

Professional Nursing Attributes

• Attributes defining professionalism include knowledge, accountability, autonomy, and ethics.
• Professional nursing combines specialized knowledge with critical thinking to address healthcare needs sustainably.
• Discuss personal aspirations and the influence of personal attributes on professional development.