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Realities of Canadian Nursing explores the most important and timely professional, legal, ethical, political, social, economic, and environmental issues today
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
About the Authors
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Part 1 Nurses, Nursing, and the Healthcare System
Chapter 1 Nursing Issues: A Call to Political Action
Significance for Nurses
Significance for the Profession
Nursing Practice as Political Action
Framing the Topic
Analyzing the Issue
Barriers to Resolution
Devising Strategies for Resolution
Lobbying Strategies
Summary
Chapter 2 Race and Racialization in Health, Healthcare, and Nursing Education
Race and Racialization
Health, Healthcare, and Racism
The Cycle of Oppression: Understanding How Racism Operates
Racism, White Privilege, and Nursing Education
Racism and White Privilege in Nursing Education
Strategies for Personal and Social Change
Summary
Chapter 3 Homelessness as a Health Equity and Social Justice Concern in Nursing
Significance for Nursing
Framing the Issue
Historical Analysis
Barriers to Resolution
Devising Strategies for Resolution
Chapter 4 Inviting Compassionate Conversations About End of Life: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada
Framing the Topic: MAiD as an Option at End of Life
Palliative Care (PC) and a Palliative Approach
End-of-Life Care
Medically Assisted Dying
Significance for the Profession: Uncertainty and Opportunity for Nursing
Analyzing the Issue of Medical Assistance in Dying
Going Forward: Strategies for a Nursing Voice
Summary
Chapter 5 The Legacy of Colonization for the Health and Well-being of Indigenous People: Toward Reconciliation
Diversity of the First Peoples
Non-Indigenous (Settler) Responsibilities Toward Reconciliation
European Settler Relationship With Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Cultural Resurgence of Indigenous Peoples and Community Development
Indigenous Health and Well-being: Miyupimaatissiium: Being Alive Well
The Establishment of Government Healthcare in Northern and Isolated Communities
Barriers to Indigenous Health and Well-being
Self-determination and Reconciliation
Summary
Part 2 Influence of Organizational Structures and Regulation
Chapter 6 Canadian Healthcare
The Importance of Understanding Canada’s Healthcare “System”
The Canada Health Act
So What Does This Mean?
What Lies Ahead?
Nurses Leading to Influence Change
Summary
Chapter 7 Canadian Nurses Association and International Council of Nurses
Canadian Nurses Association: The National Voice of Nurses in Canada Since 1908
The International Council of Nurses
Summary
Chapter 8 Canadian Provincial and Territorial Nursing Organizations
Historical Perspective
Postcolonial Lens on Nursing Organizations
Critical Feminist Lens
Summary
Chapter 9 Canadian Federation of Nurses’ Unions: Standing for Workplace Safety
Historical Influences
Organizing Practices of Professional Nurses
Emergence of Union Practices
Transformations in Healthcare
Transformations in Unions
CNA Influences on the Move to Unionization
Changes in Nurses’ Thinking About Collective Bargaining
The Gendered Nature of Issues Surrounding Collective Bargaining
Nurses’ Workplaces
Collective Bargaining
Unions Today and Tomorrow
Nurses’ Unions and Political Action
Bringing Research to Action
Summary
Part 3 Issues Related to Knowledge Generation and Dissemination
Chapter 10 Challenges and Change in Undergraduate Nursing Education
Framing the Topic
Analyzing the Issues
Barriers and Strategies: Issues in Perspective
Summary
Chapter 11 Graduate Education
History of Graduate Nursing Education in Canada
Practice Realities and Challenges for Graduate-Prepared Nurses
Issues and Controversies in Graduate Education
Challenges for Graduate-Prepared Nurses
Strategies for Advancing Graduate Education
Summary
Chapter 12 The Political Nature of Knowledge Generation and Utilization: Nursing Research in Canada
Situating the Topic
Articulating the Topic as an Issue
Analyzing the Issue: Ways of Understanding
Political Analysis of the Issue
Critical Postcolonial Analysis of the Issue
Strategies to Address Issues of Nursing Research
Summary
Chapter 13 Nursing Informatics: A Growing Field of Science and Practice
What Really Is Nursing Informatics All About?
Health Informatics and Health Information Systems
Clinical Information Systems and the Electronic Health Record
The Current State of Nursing Documentation
The Way Forward
Chapter 14 Influencing Policy and Leading Change: Essential Steps in Successful Transformations
Policy, Politics, and Professionalism
History and Background: Perspectives on Policy
Influencing Policy
Keys to Success
Summary
Part 4 Workplace Realities
Chapter 15 Issues in Contemporary Nursing Leadership
Complexity Theory and Leadership
Situating the Topic: The Nature of the Issue
Articulating the Issue
Barriers to Addressing the Issue
Strategies for Addressing the Issue
Summary
Chapter 16 The Gendered Nature of Nursing
Articulating the Issue for Nursing
Analyzing the Issue
Barriers to and Strategies for Issue Resolution
Summary
Chapter 17 Issues in Interprofessional Practice
Introduction
Significance for Nurses and for the Profession
Situating the Topic and Framing the Issue
(Further) Analyzing the Issue
Recognizing Barriers, Devising Strategies: Creating Possibilities Within Constraints
Summary
Chapter 18 Issues Arising From the Nature of Nurses’ Work and Work Environments
The Nature of Nurses’ Work
The Significance of Nurses’ Work Issues
Issues Arising in Nurses’ Work and Work Environments
Barriers to Resolving Work and Workplace Issues
Strategies for Resolving Work and Workplace Issues
Summary
Chapter 19 The Nursing Shortage: Assumptions and Realities
Nature of the Nursing Shortage
Framing and Analyzing the Issues
Barriers to Resolution of the Nursing Shortage
Strategies for Resolution
Summary
Chapter 20 Rural Nursing in Canada: Issues of Access
Issues of Access and Primary Healthcare
How Do These Issues of Access Relate to Rural Health and to Rural Nursing?
Rural Nurses’ Access Issues Part 1: Access to Health Services
Resolution: Constraints and Possibilities
Rural Nurses’ Access Issues Part 2: Access to the Resources Needed for Health
Resolution: Constraints and Possibilities
Summary
Chapter 21 Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing
Situating the Topic: What Is Ethics?
Articulating the Issue
Analyzing Issues: Ways of Understanding
Barriers to Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
Strategies for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
Summary
Part 5 Societal Realities
Chapter 22 Issues in Healthcare for an Aging Population
Introduction
Situating the Topic
Framing the Issue
Appreciating Diversity in Aging and Health
Healthy Aging
Barriers to Healthy Aging
Strategies for Resolution
Summary
Chapter 23 Orientating to Difference: Beyond Heteronormative Sexualities
Beyond Heteronormative Sexualities: Articulating the Topic for Nursing
Articulating the Topic as an Issue
Analyzing the Issue: Ways of Understanding
Barriers to Resolution
Strategies for Resolution
Summary
Chapter 24 Environment: An Issue for Nurses
Historical Links Between Environment and Health
Current Environmental Issues: Climate Change and Global Warming
Environmental Health Hazards
Sociopolitical Analysis
Strategies to Overcome Barriers
Summary
Chapter 25 Interpersonal Violence and Abuse: Ending the Silence
The Many Forms of Interpersonal Violence
Historical Perspectives on Violence and Abuse
Statistics in the Canadian Context
Understanding Violence: Theoretical Perspectives
Impact on Health and the Healthcare System
Issues for Nurses and the Nursing Profession
Approaches to Practice
Barriers to Resolution
Strategies for Resolution
Summary
Chapter 26 Onward to 2030: Nursing’s Momentum for Global Health Equity
The Promise of Nursing in the 21st Century
Persistence and Tension: Themes in Nursing’s Transformation
Summary
Index
