NURS 304 Study Guide - Final Guide: Health Promotion, Interrupt
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Many think of (cid:494)relational(cid:495), we think of the strictly emotional side of nursing, typical. Far more encompassing that that complex interplay of human-life, the world around us (environments, and the nursing practice) and involves highly reasoned, skilled action. Relational inquiry requires: thorough and sound knowledge base, sophisticated inquiry and observational and analytical skills, strong clinical skills (decision making, competencies, particular ways of being. I. e. the idea of (cid:494)nursing competence(cid:495) to its fullest degree. The action of being mindfully aware of the relational complexities, and skillfully working in response. Grounded in the assumption that people are relational beings. Situated in/ constituted through social, cultural, political, and historical processes. Relational interplay (intrapersonal -within, interpersonal - between, contextual around, levels) - guides your attention to detail. A relational consciousness allows for what: sensitizes us to the relational complexities that affect care, directs attention to relational transactions, shapes our intensions, and how we act. Component 2: inquiry as a form of action.
