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NURS 1002 Midterm questions with correct answerspopulation aging Correct Answer-demographic trend characterized by
older average age of population due to: (1) declining fertility rate and (2)
increasing longevity
individual aging Correct Answer-multi-dimensional process experienced
by individuals across a lifespan and concluding with death
healthy aging Correct 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 Correct Answer-discrimination based on age (ex/ withholding
privileges/opportunities due to age)
consequences of healthy aging Correct 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 Correct 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 Correct 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 Correct 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 Correct 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 Correct 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) Correct Answer-1. relational
consciousness
2. form of action
Relational consciousness Correct 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 Correct 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
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