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What is the Name of the theorist who created the Bureaucratic of Caring Theory? 

Who is Marilyn Ray?

100

What is the name of the Theory created by Marilyn Ray?

What is the Theory of Bureaucratic Caring?

100

How can an APRN incorporate the Theory into developing plans of care?

What is balancing facility policies and procedures with a patient-centered care plan?

100

How does Marilyn illustrate caring as a nurse?

What is identifying caring as a moral and spiritual responsibility even when under the pressures of rules within a healthcare system?

100

Share a time where you had to choose between following a policy and advocating for a patient.

I had a homeless patient with chest pain who was about to be discharged due to lack of insurance. It was unsafe for the patient, so I escalated the dispute and got assistance from the social worker for the delay. It was a rough experience, but it was for the better of the patient.

200

What contributed to Marilyn Ray's study of bureaucratic systems in healthcare?

What is her ethnographic research in a critical care hospital setting?

200

What are two core developments incorporated within the Theory?

What is spiritual-ethical caring and Bureaucratic Structure?

200

What discipline of the Theory is being implemented when advocating for the patient's medication affordability?

What is the economic domain?

200

True or False? Can Bureaucracy prevent providing care for patients?

What is false? Marilyn believed that with the establishment of Bureaucracy, genuine patient care can be present when ethical principles and compassion are present.

200

Reflect on how bureaucracy impacted a care plan you created or implemented.

Witness a patient with foot ulcers get delayed care due to discharge planning that took days because of policies and procedures established within the system. The patient needed placement and outpatient wound care services with limited resources for which he qualified.

300

What is the theorist's background history in nursing and education?

 What is a PhD in transcultural nursing and administration?

300

What three factors does Marilyn Ray state shape how nursing care is delivered?  

What are spiritual-ethical, economic, and social domains?

300

What does being involved in a quality improvement project with the Theory in mind mean that you are doing what?

What is making changes in the healthcare system that leads with compassion, ethics, and a deep focus on caring for patients with a goal of positive outcomes? 

300

What differentiates Marilyn Ray's theory from others?

What is the inclusion of emotions and principles and real things that influence healthcare, like laws, politics, and technology? 


300

As an APN, how will you use this theory to address systemic challenges?

As an APRN, if a patient isn't stable enough to be discharged home, I will speak up about it. I will advocate and protect all patients, including those who may not have health insurance.

400

Why was Marilyn Ray Chosen?

What is a reflection on the reality of balancing compassion within healthcare systems?

400

What is the Theory all about?

What is finding ways to give compassionate, meaningful care by following hospital policies and procedures?

400

How does the Theory promote health equity?

What is seeing healthcare access barriers and advocating for patients to receive what they need?

400

What nursing belief is the foundation of Marilyn Ray's Theory?

What is that caring is at the heart of everything that nurses do? 


400

What part of this theory resonates most with your nursing values?

It emphasizes that providing care is not just by what you say but also by what you do, which could be displayed as standing for those who need help within the system.

500

What makes the theory relevant within today's modern practice?

What is its focus on how we care for patients, and what policies and procedures affect how it is delivered?

500

What method of research was incorporated to develop the Theory?

What is Ethnographic research?

500

What should healthcare leadership look like when incorporating the Theory?

What is being a leader who displays integrity and compassion while following expectations of policies and budgets within the healthcare system?

500

What is Marilyn Ray's opinion on policies and procedures established within healthcare systems?

What is its structure do we have to work in, but can we shape it by incorporating compassion, ethics, and human connection?  

500

In one sentence, how does this theory prepare you for advanced nursing roles?

It lets me recognize that when being a leader, you must provide care through action and advocacy.

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