NUR1 421 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Concept Map, Health Promotion, Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction
11 Jun 2018
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Department
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NUR1 421 – RESOURCES: SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Lesson 1 ~ January 12th, 2018
INTRODUCTION
- Professor Catherine-Anne Miller
o Contact: [email protected]
o Office # 1926
- Classes will be a combination of guest speakers, technology and in-class activities
o Guest speakers may share sensitive information, thus classes are not recorded
- Course structure - concept map:
o Note that many aspects are built on last semester course (Primary Healthcare)
o Ex. Health promotion
- In-class discussions
o Follow principles of safety, respect and reflection
o Need to recognize that oppression exists, ‘isms’ exist, and thus everyone has misinformation
about specific communities as a result
o Always Assume Positive Intent (API)
§ People are doing the best they can to take responsibility for own learning about ‘others’
instead of blaming others
- Weekly Class Preparation
o There is a “course weekly plan” on MyCourses
o Required Readings per class
o Participation marks given for each class (5%)
- Grading scheme: see course outline
o No in-class midterm, instead take-home essay (35%)
o Final exam during exam period in April
§ Includes class discussions and required readings
o 4x mini assignments due throughout the semester
- Assignment
o Cue-Card Assignment due next class
o Instructions on MyCourses
o Can hand-in online in assignments tab or written next class
o Social Identity Statements to be completed individually, do not hand in
KEY CONCEPTS
- Note that class objectives posted at beginning of each PowerPoint
o Exam study suggestion to be able to answer each objective
- Review of basic Principles:
- Strengths Based Nursing
o Focus on the strengths instead of deficits
o Can only understand person’s health issue/concerns/goals when understand their context
§ Takes into account history, prior experience, social, economic, political environment
o Collaborative partnerships crucial
o Each care plan is designed for the specific family/patient/context
o Outcomes decided by the person and family, not by the nurse
o Essential qualities include:
§ Mindset (Mindfulness, humility, open-mindedness, nonjudgmental)
§ Knowledge and Knowing (curiosity, self-reflection)
§ Relationships (respect and trust, empathy, compassion and kindness)
§ Advocacy (courage, self-efficacy)
o Keep this in mind as listening to guest speakers
- Primary Health Care
o Need to understand Population Health Promotion
Model from last semester
o 4 Key questions when starting health promotion
actions
o Left side: What?
§ Social Determinants of Health
o Right side: How?
§ 5x Health Promotion Strategies
§ From Ottawa Charter
o Top: Who?
o Base: Why?
- Socio-Ecological Model
o Involves the
§ Individual
§ Relationship
§ Community
§ Societal
o Increasing spheres
o All are interconnected and influence the other
- Social Justice
o CNA definition
o Summarized: Seeks to find and how to eliminate the base causes of disparities between groups in
relation to each other, and results in fair distribution of “society’s benefits, responsibilities and
their consequences”
- Equity vs. Equality
o Equity focuses on social justice
o Health Inequities
§ Differences in health
Document Summary
Professor catherine-anne miller: contact: catherineanne. miller@mcgill. ca, office # 1926. Classes will be a combination of guest speakers, technology and in-class activities: guest speakers may share sensitive information, thus classes are not recorded. Course structure - concept map: note that many aspects are built on last semester course (primary healthcare, ex. In-class discussions: follow principles of safety, respect and reflection, need to recognize that oppression exists, isms" exist, and thus everyone has misinformation about specific communities as a result, always assume positive intent (api) People are doing the best they can to take responsibility for own learning about others". Weekly class preparation instead of blaming others: there is a course weekly plan on mycourses, required readings per class, participation marks given for each class (5%) Grading scheme: see course outline: no in-class midterm, instead take-home essay (35%, final exam during exam period in april. Includes class discussions and required readings: 4x mini assignments due throughout the semester.
