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NURS 1002 Midterm Exam Questions With All Correct Answers, Already Passed!!population aging Answer- demographic trend characterized by older average age of population due to: (1) declining fertility rate and (2) increasing longevity
individual aging Answer- multi-dimensional process experienced by individuals across a lifespan and concluding with death
healthy aging Answer- describes the process of optimizing opportunities for physical, social and mental health to enable seniors to take an active part in society without discrimination and to enjoy independence and quality of life
agism Answer- discrimination based on age (ex/ withholding privileges/opportunities
due to age)
consequences of healthy aging Answer- - ability to establish and maintain goals and
involvement and prescribed/desired roles
- independence to love on one's own terms and participate in one's own care - autonomy - the ability to make decisions about one's care
empirical perspective Answer- - focused on an objective truth that can be known and verified - favours statistical and epidemiological research, scientific methods - prominent in all areas of health care knowledge and practice - nurses practice by gaining objective knowledge
limitations of empirical perspective Answer- - only one form of knowledge
- paternalistic healthcare relationships (pts. health experience is a 'problem' that needs 'fixing')
- complexities of nursing practice require more than empirical knowledge
relational inquiry Answer- - refers to the complex interplay of human life, the world, and nursing practice
- requires a thorough and sound knowledge base, sophisticated inquiry and observational and analytical skills, strong clinical skills including clinical judgement, decision-making skills, and clinical competencies, and particular ways of being - about nursing competence in its fullest sense hermeneutic phenomenological perspective Answer- - originated in philosophy, influential in nursing theory, research and education
- experiences are shaped by each individuals interpretations
- people are situated in their own worlds (relationships, practices, culture)
- people are constituted in their socio-historical experiences (cultural, family norms)
- we cannot know or understand peoples experiences unless they tell us
critical perspective Answer- - focus on how contexts have lives and nursing practice (social, political, historical, economical)
- focuses on: (1) structural determinants of health and (2) inequities - goal to challenge and disrupt the 'status quo' by looking below the surface at assumptions that shape our society - understand power dynamics within relationships
components of relational inquiry (2) Answer- 1. relational consciousness 2. form of action
Relational consciousness Answer- - the action of being mindfully aware of the relational complexities that are at play in a situation and intentionally and skillfully work through to those relational complexities
- acknowledges that humans are relational beings and are in constant relationship with the world - focuses beyond the individual to the relational interplay: (1) intrapersonal - what is going on within, (2) interpersonal - what is going on among and between individuals and (3) contextual - what is going on around
inquiry as a form of action Answer- - the "how to" of a relational consciousness inquiry-based nursing practice involves being in that in-between relational space of knowing/not knowing, being curious, looking for what seems significant, examining interrelatedness among the elements and considering the relevance of this interrelationships in the moment to inform action toward pt, nurse, and system well-
being
The five C's of relational inquiry Answer- 1. Compassionate 2. Curious 3. Committed 4. Competence
5. Corresponding to what is
being compassionate Answer- - 'shared suffering' - qual relationship of shared humanity - related at human level vs. 'fixing' suffering - caring presence is the action
being curious Answer- - being interested and inquisitive being open to uncertainty - relational inquiry assumes uncertainty as an inherent and normal aspect of nursing practice - goal in practice is not to ensure certainty but to being as knowledgeable and sensitive in a situation as we can be
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