Reflection of Critical social, Feminist and Postmodern Theory and Examples
Reflection of Critical social, Feminist and Postmodern Theory and Examples
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Article 1: Feminist Theory:
Feminism, according to Chinn & Wheler (1985), can be defined as a view that puts weight on the value of women and tackles the inequality injustices based on gender. The feminist theory is, therefore, based on the fact that there exists gender biasness in the diagnosis, treatment and care of women with heart diseases. Historically, the article also observes that women were excluded from researches because they were considered unpredictable research subjects due to their changing physiology (McCormick & Bunting, 2002). According to this article, the discrepancies between how women and men react to heart diseases has not been extensively researched due to the above mentioned exclusion
Article 2: Postmodern Theory:
The postmodern theory describes how deconstruction can be used in the nursing field to improve nursing education among the Generation Y nursing students. Deconstruction, in this context is defined as “a postculturalist movement critical to reading of text through analyzing the meaning of texts by readers and writers”. The article describes this generation as those born from 1975 onwards and that they possess certain distinct characteristics, which can be attributed to the environment that this generation has grown up in. The article also describes Generation Y as that with short spans of attention lower boredom threshold. They are also technologically updated as well as visual learners. As such, a postmodern perspective must be employed in nursing and nursing education as a guide and framework to see how it influences nursing and nursing education.
Article 3: Critical Social Theory:
This article describes the critical social theory, and the complexities brought about by the technological advances in our societies in today’s world and how these complexities affect genomics and gene-related information. Genomics is an area that has continued to gain publicity, especially in this era of technological revolution. According to this article, genomic research has helped in discovering the relationships between genes and diseases and genetic variations among populations, among other things (Bevan et al, 2012). Genomic researches may produce Incidental findings (IFs) and this may sometimes pose ethical dilemmas to the researchers as to the disclosure of the Incidental Findings. Therefore, the critical social theory provides a framework for the researchers in regards to disclosure of Ifs.
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Feminist theory has been applied in nursing to develop better ways of diagnosing, treating and caring for women with heart diseases. Feminist theory has therefore contributed in expanding the little existing knowledge on why heart diseases affect women differently from men, hence enabling provision of more specific treatment and diagnosis for women. They can, therefore, access specialized care for heart diseases, rather than depend on ones which have been developed for men and by men. In nursing practice, feminist theory can be used to provide better and more specialized treatment for women. On the other hand, postmodern theory can be implemented as a framework by nursing teachers to maximize imparting knowledge on generation Y efficiently. Deconstruction can be intensively applied by nursing teachers to analyze the meaning of text to both readers and writers. In so doing, nursing teachers can tap into the generation Y’s characteristics for the improvement of service delivery. Critical social theory can be applied in nursing field as a framework and guide for solving ethical dilemmas that come with genomic researches, i.e., Incidental Findings. Using such a framework is very essential because it helps in preventing legal lawsuits.
References
Arhin, A. O. & Cormier, E. (2006). Using Deconstruction to Educate Generation Y Nursing
Bevan, J. L et al. (2012). Critical Society Approach to Disclosure of Incidental Findings.
Nursing Ethics, 19 (6), 819-828
McCormick, K. M. & Bunting, S. M. (2002). Application of Feminist Theory in Nursing
Research: The Case of Women and Cardiovascular Disease. Health Care for Women
International, 23, 820-834
