Values
What kind of values are different if an ER nurse encourages the use of helmets and a patient with a head injury thought helmets were lame
- Personal
- Health care
- Societal
Personal Values - the nurse and the patient value helmets differently
Which of the 5 W's of relational inquiry is used when a busy ER shapes how a nurse spends her time and the number of patients that she sees in a shift
- Who
- What
- When
- Where
- Why
Where - the location is shaping the nurse's relational practice
How is a nurse relating to "What is" by looking beyond a patient's status as a "drug user" and focusing on the patient's ability to cope with their situation?
- Relating without labelling
- Relating without trying to fix it
- Relating without decontextualizing
- Relating by relating to complexity and difficulty
- Relating by knowing/not knowing
- Relating by collaborating
Relating to "What is" without labelling - we are not identifying the person by their lifestyle
What kind of values are different if a soon-to-be father believes that men should not be involved in child care (e.g. diapering)
- Personal
- Health care
- Societal
Societal values - the soon-to-be father grew up in an environment where it was not normal for men to be involved in child care, which shaped his values and norms
Which of the 5 W's of relational inquiry is used when a nurse is addressing a woman's breathing distress
- Who
- What
- When
- Where
- Why
What - the nurse is relating to the asthma symptoms by addressing the woman's breathing distress
How is a nurse relating to "What is" by asking a physiotherapist about a patient's physical rehabilitation progress?
- Relating without labelling
- Relating without trying to fix it
- Relating without decontextualizing
- Relating by relating to complexity and difficulty
- Relating by knowing/not knowing
- Relating by collaborating
Relating to "What is" by collaborating - the nurse is individualizing their treatment of a patient by speaking with a member of the inter-professional collaboration team