Seeing Through a Critical Lens
What does a critical lens do?
A Critical lens directly focuses attention on power and how it operates in every moment of nursing practice. (p45)
How does a critical lens influence nursing practice?
It prompts the nurse to consider the contexts in which an individual exists and how these influences have shaped their lives. It mitigates the assumption that all individuals are handed the same opportunities in life. (p. 50-52)
What is the feminist filter is used for?
Examining the nature of gender as a social construct and the role it plays in power. (p. 56)
How is neocolonialism different from colonialism?
Accomplished through diplomacy and trade agreements with military threats or intimidation (p. 60)
What is important to understand about your social position?
You are not responsible for it but you are responsible for what you do with the social position and how you enact power through it (p.47)
What political theology is Western medicine built upon?
Liberalism (p. 52)
Why is the feminist filter used in healthcare?
To analyze gender constructs that we participate and live within and understand the social expectations placed on people that inform their choices (p. 57)
What is the major push factor in migration?
Poverty (p. 60-61)
What is an example of a power dynamic in a healthcare context?
Two nursing instructors who enact their power differently—one may take a “power over” stance, another a “power with” stance in relation to students (open to other examples) (p. 48)
What is the difference between individualistic and collectivistic societies?
Individualistic societies focus on an “I” consciousness that places value on individualism, autonomy, privacy, and self-reliance. (p. 51)
Collectivistic societies focus on a “we” consciousness that places value on a collective identity, group interdependence, and establishment of group-making decisions. (p. 51)
What kind of feminism does this filter draw from?
Black feminism and the use of intersectionality (p. 58)
Why is learning about history important for applying a decolonization filter in nursing?
Allows nurses to approach patients/communities and situations with a greater understanding, fewer wrong assumptions and with a stance of inquiry to foster approachability to enhance therapeutic relationships (p. 60).