Professional Meaning and Conceptual Analysis of Empowerment
Introduction
This paper will include a narrative of a low socio-economic class mother on methadone therapy who gave birth to an opioid dependant infant on the pediatric floor of where. She was faced with many restrictions and constraints as a result of her socio-economic class, her physical appearance and her previous life choices. The analysis will include the oppression observed by the disempowerment of the mother by a power figure, a registered nurse, through the nurse’ marginalization, discrimination, and violence. How the oppression is overcome will be discussed in the analysis in regards to how the empowerment of the mother is achieved through critical consciousness, alliance …show more content…
I decided that as a future member of the CNO I was going to provide this mother respectful, non-judgemental care that I felt this woman was entitled to despite the negative feelings the RN expressed. I began to develop therapeutic relationship with the patient through trust and communication. She revealed to me that she had a desire to breast feed her child and had been denied the health teaching and resources by the RN assigned to her care. Being a mother myself I understood how difficult and frustrating it can be to breastfeed a newborn without guidance or support. I sat with the mother and educated her though showing her latch techniques, different forms of positioning the infant for feeding and manual milk expression techniques. I provided resources to her on lactation consultants. I provided her with a breast pump and educated her on breast milk storage and the importance of increasing supply and demand. When I returned from lunch the RN approached me to ask me to go and observe the mother performing a bed bath. She assumed the mother was incapable of performing a nurturing activity …show more content…
Praxis would allow my values and experience to be visible to the patient (Chinn, 2013) and use trans formal leadership to inspire my client and other staff to act with the same mind set (Solman, 2010). Using trans formal leadership the client could attain empowerment through having support to increase her inner strength and ability to express her own wishes and values (Chinn, 2013). Using the strategies of power from within and the alliance building model allow for increased hospital resources to achieve empowerment. With empowerment the mothers’ awareness of her own personal knowledge and values would increase allowing for critical consciousness (Chinn, 2013). Critical consciousness allows for personal culture and the health of a person in that culture to utilize reflection and awareness to increase their inclusivity, equity and social justice towards health resources, education and care (Getzlaf, & Osborne, 2010). Using cooperation allows for every member involved in the care to have an equal voice and ability (Chinn, 2013) this increased the mothers’ ability to overcome oppression through encouragement by the multidisciplinary team that her life and opinions are valued resulting in autonomy which increased the quality of life for the neonate (Grabowski & Self, 2013). Once empowerment, awareness and
Introduction
This paper will include a narrative of a low socio-economic class mother on methadone therapy who gave birth to an opioid dependant infant on the pediatric floor of where. She was faced with many restrictions and constraints as a result of her socio-economic class, her physical appearance and her previous life choices. The analysis will include the oppression observed by the disempowerment of the mother by a power figure, a registered nurse, through the nurse’ marginalization, discrimination, and violence. How the oppression is overcome will be discussed in the analysis in regards to how the empowerment of the mother is achieved through critical consciousness, alliance …show more content…
I decided that as a future member of the CNO I was going to provide this mother respectful, non-judgemental care that I felt this woman was entitled to despite the negative feelings the RN expressed. I began to develop therapeutic relationship with the patient through trust and communication. She revealed to me that she had a desire to breast feed her child and had been denied the health teaching and resources by the RN assigned to her care. Being a mother myself I understood how difficult and frustrating it can be to breastfeed a newborn without guidance or support. I sat with the mother and educated her though showing her latch techniques, different forms of positioning the infant for feeding and manual milk expression techniques. I provided resources to her on lactation consultants. I provided her with a breast pump and educated her on breast milk storage and the importance of increasing supply and demand. When I returned from lunch the RN approached me to ask me to go and observe the mother performing a bed bath. She assumed the mother was incapable of performing a nurturing activity …show more content…
Praxis would allow my values and experience to be visible to the patient (Chinn, 2013) and use trans formal leadership to inspire my client and other staff to act with the same mind set (Solman, 2010). Using trans formal leadership the client could attain empowerment through having support to increase her inner strength and ability to express her own wishes and values (Chinn, 2013). Using the strategies of power from within and the alliance building model allow for increased hospital resources to achieve empowerment. With empowerment the mothers’ awareness of her own personal knowledge and values would increase allowing for critical consciousness (Chinn, 2013). Critical consciousness allows for personal culture and the health of a person in that culture to utilize reflection and awareness to increase their inclusivity, equity and social justice towards health resources, education and care (Getzlaf, & Osborne, 2010). Using cooperation allows for every member involved in the care to have an equal voice and ability (Chinn, 2013) this increased the mothers’ ability to overcome oppression through encouragement by the multidisciplinary team that her life and opinions are valued resulting in autonomy which increased the quality of life for the neonate (Grabowski & Self, 2013). Once empowerment, awareness and