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NURSING LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE

NURSING LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE. N 491:22 Class 1 January 6, 2010 Judith Anne Shaw, Ph.D., R.N. CONSIDER- - -. What entities contribute to either change or no change in the future of health care?. Four Areas Likely to Change. 1. Technology 2. Disease Trajectories

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NURSING LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE

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  1. NURSING LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE N 491:22 Class 1 January 6, 2010 Judith Anne Shaw, Ph.D., R.N.

  2. CONSIDER- - - What entities contribute to either change or no change in the future of health care?

  3. Four Areas Likely to Change 1. Technology 2. Disease Trajectories 3. Drastic Scarcity of Resources 4. Complexity in Every Arena of Life

  4. 1. Technology • Rapid changes occurring in technology, health care technology

  5. 2. Disease Trajectories • Changes in disease patterns

  6. 3. Drastic Scarcity of Resources • Consider: • food, • clean water, • productive land, dwindling rain forests fostering unique species of fauna and flora, • limited or extinct species of fish and mammals

  7. 4. Complexity in Every Arena of Life • work load • multiple roles • escalating availability & short-life of useful knowledge • necessity for multiple changes within one’s personal life • information explosion • more pluralistic society

  8. Four Areas NOT Likely to Change 1. Patriarchal Dominance 2. Oppression 3. Human Demand for Freedom & Improved Quality of Life 4. Desire for Connection & Meaning

  9. 1. Patriarchal Dominance • Consider the conceptualizations: • the ‘glass ceiling’ women in business encounter • male dominance in the health care system • ask yourself, “what is considered male work?”, “what is considered female work?”

  10. 2. Oppression • A system of dominance-submission • doers and thinkers • us and them • me against the world

  11. The most powerful tool sustaining oppressive relationships?

  12. KNOWLEDGE

  13. Remember, the many ways of knowing • Traditions • Authority • Borrowing • Trial & Error • Personal Experience • Role-Modeling • Intuition • Reasoning • Research

  14. What controls gaining knowledge?

  15. 3. Human Demand for Freedom & Improved Quality of Life

  16. 4. Desire for Connection and Meaning

  17. Windows of Opportunity for Nurses

  18. Ethical basis for making decisions Value basis for health & healing Shifting from individual to collectivism, value diversity

  19. TO DO LIST 1. Create images of what we think health and healing are for the future. Complete the statement: Health is...

  20. 2. Learn to trust your own intuitive processes and genuine human responsiveness.

  21. 3. Remain client centered while striving for clinical expertise & technology

  22. Value & know human care and caring

  23. Createpeace in relationship with one another

  24. Future Challenges for Canadian Nursing: Practice, Education & Research

  25. Nursing knowledge • Doctoral programs in nursing • Masters degree preparation • Baccalaureate Entry Level for Practice • Restructure the health care system

  26. ?What are the greatest achievements? …those that benefit others!

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