Week 5 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Florence Nightingale
- improved environmental conditions
- optimized health outcomes
- valued nursing as a respectable profession
Feminism and Nursing
- social organization and value of women
- 1960’s movement
- influences on research
a. perspectives
b. qualitative and quantitative research
c. epistemology
men and nursing
- social attitudes and perceptions
- nursing education acceptance rates
- economic barriers
- organizational challenges
- limited research
LGBTQ2+
- gender-affirming care
- gender affirming language
- equitable access and frameworks
LGBTQ2+ and nursing
- nurses advocating for the most vulnerable populations
- sexuality and health
- consequences of not addressing
LGBTQ2+ nursing competencies
- understand
- refrain from making assumptions
- utilize effective communication
- policy promotion
- create a welcoming environment
- reflect on your own practice
nursing and global health
- role in social justice
- nursing roles, understanding and potentials
global organizations
- Wolrd Health Organization (WHO)
_ International Council of Nurses (ICN) - Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Global Health Organization
- Global health organization: World health organization - WHO (chief nursing officer). Addresses nurses play a critical role in health promotion, disease prevention, and delivery of primary and community care. Recognizes it depends on the numbers of well-trained and educated, regulated and well-supported nurses, midwives… and that investing in nurses and midwives good value for money.
Nursing roled in pandemics
- often first responders in pandemics
a. Covid-19
b. SARS
c. H1N1
d. Ebola - health promotion and vaccines
nursing roles: global and Canadian context
- vaping
- cannabis
- MAiD
- opioid crisis
- antibiotic resistance
The nursing professional image
involves two sets of perceptions: those from outside discipline, who witness group member behaviour, and those within the discipline, who enact the professional role.
The dos of socail media
- self-identification caution
- employer policies and relevant legislation
- representation of nurses
- ensure information accuracy
the don’ts of social media
- don’t violate patient confidentiality or professional boundaries
- give personal information online
- accept or add patient friend/follower requests
the six P’s of social media use
Professional - act professional at all times
Positive - keep posts positive
Patient/person free - keep posts patient or person free
Protect yourself- protect your professionalism, your reputation, and yourself.
Privacy - keep your personal and professional life separate; respect the privacy of others
Pause before you post: consider implications; avoid posting in haste or anger
charter of self-identity
- know yourself
- apply your brand every day
- consult a mentor
- commend yourself
Horizontal violence (workplace violence, workplace bullying, lateral violence)
peer-to-peer disruption or bullying-like behaviour (e.g., nurse-to-nurse)
Vertical violence
disruption or bully-like behavior from a senior staff member. (e.g., manager to nurse, charge nurse to nurse)
how to address horizontal violence
- acknowledgment
- raising awareness
- enforcing a strong culture
- reporting
A positive professional image
within nursing is associated with high-quality evidence-informed education that equips nurses with the knowledge and courage to risk public advocacy. Professional I mage is never static.
Professional image and professional self-identity
are related. Professional self-identity emerges from real, tangible actions in the clinical field represented by symbols, metaphors, stories, and clinical examples. Strategies to strengthen professional image must address the perceptions of nurses and those of the public.
Public perception of nurses and nursing:
nurses are respected for their caring role but not for the complex interplay of their scientific knowledge, skills, and competencies. The public is not aware of the complexity and scholarship of the profession of nursing and compares it to an overly simplifies and outdated model.
Strategies for changing the image of nurses and nursing:
paying attention to appearance and communication style, enrolling in continuing education programs, seeking a mentor, etc.… actively following the social media presence of professional nurse leaders. During public presentations, nurses should explain that they base their practice upon evidence-informed standards and competencies. Professional organizations can educate the public about expected performance and practice guidelines, for example, the Standards of Nursing
