41 Questions
What is the five-step clinical decision-making approach of the nursing process?
Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
What are the historical images of nursing mentioned in the text?
Heroes, harlots, handmaidens
What does the label of 'angel' imply about the image of nurses?
Caring, compassion, and comfort
What aspects are explored in understanding the nature of nursing?
Gendered, political, and economic nature
What is the primary responsibility of the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)?
Governing the profession of nursing in the public interest
What is the main role of the Ontario Nurses Association (ONA)?
Developing and ensuring that labour laws are being followed
What is the primary focus of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)?
Voicing the concerns of registered nurses
What is the main role of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN)?
Strengthening nursing education and research
Who is considered the father of Medicare in Canada?
Tommy Douglas
When did the British North America Act of 1867 give certain health responsibilities to federal and provincial governments?
1867
What are the key principles of the Canada Health Act (1984)?
Public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability, and accessibility
What are the layers of the Canadian healthcare system?
Public services (Layer one), mixed services (Layer two), and private services (Layer three)
What are the current healthcare system issues in Canada?
Sustainability/cost, wait times, indigenous health, mental health, equity/accessibility, and staffing shortage
What is the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) crucial for?
Urgent action in the Canadian healthcare system
What are the roles of various levels of Canadian government in healthcare?
Health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment, rehabilitation, and supportive care
What challenges does the Canadian healthcare system face?
Aging population, lack of long-term care/acute beds, and pharmaceutical care
What influences patient care in the Canadian healthcare system?
Personal, professional, and socio-cultural values and belief systems
What is crucial for indigenous people in Canadian healthcare?
Cultural safety
What are the three learning domains essential for different aspects of learning?
Cognitive, affective, and psychomotor
What emphasizes listening to client needs, establishing therapeutic partnerships, and reinforcing health literacy?
The L.E.A.R.N.S model
What outlines stages from pre-contemplation to maintenance, important for understanding behavioral change?
The Transtheoretical Model of Change
What is fundamental for nursing practice related to indigenous people's values, health, and well-being?
Understanding indigenous people's values
What are the relevant concepts in the context of nursing care in Canada?
Two-eyed seeing, UNDRIP, and client-centered education
What results in chronic substandard outcomes for indigenous peoples in the healthcare system?
Structural racism
What is emphasized in client-centered education?
Engaging clients as active participants
What is significant in understanding indigenous health today?
The history and impact of Residential Schools
What are some of the calls to action in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada report?
Child welfare, education, language and culture, health, and justice
What is crucial for a rich learning environment in nursing education?
Collaborative relationships between nursing education and practice
What impacts indigenous health in Canada?
Issues related to funding and delivery of healthcare, child welfare, poverty, and racist assumptions
What are the different types of nursing theories?
Grand theories, midrange theories, and practice theories
What is cultural competence in nursing?
An ongoing process where nurses work within the client’s cultural context
What does cultural safety in nursing challenge?
Unequal power relations
What does cultural humility in nursing involve?
Lifelong learning and challenging power imbalances
What is racism according to the text?
A complex system of racial hierarchy
How does colonialism relate to nursing practice?
By influencing the multiple contexts of culture in relation to health and illness
What does the equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) statement in the Student Handbook emphasize?
Fair treatment, diversity, and inclusion in the nursing environment
What is evidence-informed practice in nursing?
Involves applying various theories, models, and frameworks
Who are some theorists mentioned in the text?
Nightingale, Roy, and Watson
What is scholarliness in nursing?
The development and application of nursing knowledge
What does antiracism involve?
The choices individuals make to combat racism
What is the focus of Watson’s approach in nursing?
Palliative care
Study Notes
Nursing Theory and Cultural Competence
- Nursing theories are essential for guiding the thinking and actions of nursing, with theorists like Nightingale, Roy, and Watson emphasizing the nurse-patient relationship and environmental factors.
- Evidence-informed practice in nursing involves applying various theories, models, and frameworks, such as Watson’s approach for palliative care and Roy’s for rehabilitation.
- The different types of nursing theories include grand theories, which provide broad perspectives, midrange theories, which are more limited in scope, and practice theories, which are specific to certain situations.
- Scholarliness in nursing involves the development and application of nursing knowledge, including the relationship between theory, practice, and research.
- Cultural competence in nursing is an ongoing process where nurses work within the client’s cultural context, while cultural safety challenges unequal power relations and cultural humility involves lifelong learning and challenging power imbalances.
- Race is a socially constructed category used for discrimination, racism is a complex system of racial hierarchy, and antiracism involves the choices individuals make to combat racism.
- Colonialism is when a foreign power imposes its values on another nation, resulting in unequal relationships, and it relates to nursing practice by influencing the multiple contexts of culture in relation to health and illness.
- The equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) statement in the Student Handbook emphasizes fair treatment, diversity, and inclusion in the nursing environment, reflecting evolving equality through fostering trust, self-awareness, and dialogue.
Test your knowledge of nursing theory and cultural competence with this quiz. Explore the essential nursing theories and their application in evidence-informed practice, as well as the concepts of cultural competence, cultural safety, and cultural humility in nursing. Delve into the understanding of race, racism, antiracism, colonialism, and their impact on nursing practice. Lastly, examine the importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the nursing environment.
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