Sociology and Nursing Flashcards

Flashcards about Sociology and Nursing

Define sociology.

Sociology is the scientific study of human social, social and group behaviour, their operations, social Institution, institutionalized social behaviour and the complex network of social interactions and relationships associated with group life or social living in society. It is the scientific study of societies and human behaviour.

Who defined sociology as the systematic study of human social behaviour and its origin, development, organizations, and institution?

Emile Durkheim

Who defined sociology as the study of class conflict and the social structures that arise from it?

Karl Marx

List five reasons why sociology is relevant to nursing.

1. Helps nurses understand patients and their environment. 2. Helps nurses counsel patients against beliefs and cultures affecting their health. 3. Aids in understanding the patient's socio-cultural background for easier treatment. 4. Fosters good social relationships with patients and co-workers. 5. Equips nurses to be great counselors and respected individuals in society. 6. Helps nurses to master the community, culture and customs for good understanding.

Who coined the term sociology?

Augustine Comte

What is social stratification?

Social stratification is the process of categorizing or fitting the individuals in the society into layers, classes or strata.

Name five influences on social stratification.

Family, leadership, education, charisma, traditions, culture, gender, health, religion

What is the relationship between social class and stratification?

The higher the social class, the higher one is in the system or stratification.

What is social change?

The alteration mechanisms within the social structure, characterized by changes in cultural symbols, rules of behavior; social institution organization and value system.

What is population dynamics?

The branch of life sciences that studies the size and age composition of populations as dynamic systems, and the biological and environmental processes driving them (such as birth and death rates, and by immigration and emigration).

What is socialization?

Socialization is a continual process whereby an individual acquires a personal entity and learns the norms, values, beliefs and other necessary social skills that can make him/her adapt to any environment.

Why is socialization important?

It creates room for continuity of the expected behaviour in the society.

What are agents of socialization?

The means and ways through which the process of socialization is carried out. They play an important role in the learning and teaching of the societal norms, values, skills, and beliefs.

List six agents of socialization.

1. The Family, 2. The School, 3. Religious Organizations, 4. Age Grade/Peer Groups, 5. Clubs and Society, 6. The Mass Media

What are the four processes of socialisation?

1. Direct or Conscious Learning, 2. Indirect or Incidental Learning, 3. Learning from Model, 4. Social Roles Learning

List three importances of socialization.

1. It teaches and transmits basic cultural values. 2. It helps to promote easy adaptation to any social change and environment. 3. Socialisation is important because it enables us to have mutual understanding as we interact with one another in the society. This understanding also brings about trust and peaceful co-existence and prevents conflicts among people in the community.

Name three levels of healthcare systems in Nigeria

Primary Health Care, Secondary Health Care services, Tertiary Health care services

Define culture.

Culture is the belief and the custom of a particular group of people or society. Culture cuts across the whole lifestyle of people in a society, describes the life and living pattern of members of a community and has to do with the traditions and beliefs that are transferred from one generation to another.

What are the two main components of culture?

Material or Tangible Culture and Non-material or Intangible Culture

Give three characteristics of culture.

Culture is Dynamic, Culture and Environment, Cultural Integration, Culture and Technology, Cultural Transmission

List five pathways to health.

Government health institutions, Mission Hospitals, Private Medical Institution, Pharmacy Shops, Traditional Medicine Practitioners, Patient Medicine Vendors, Secretive Churches, Homeopathic Health Institution

Define illness.

A disease, unhealthy state of the body or the mind. It is a situation by which a person becomes sick, with pain, health challenges etc. illness can also be of emotional or psychological disorder.

Define illness behavior.

Illness behavior is a person's reaction to his experience of being sick. It means the character and behaviour pattern of a sick persons resulting from his ill-health.

List five factors that influence illness behavior.

Gender, Age, Culture, Whether the illness is active or cornice, Socio-economic status, Educational background, Prevailing cost of health services, Availability of health services, Psychological factors, Role of kinsmen

Define an organization.

A group of people with special purpose, aim and objectives towards a business, leadership, administration and every other areas of their interest.

What are health care organizations?

Health care organizations are those organizations, structures and establishment that undertake health care services and brings health care workers together in other to achieve health goals.

Define bureaucracy.

A pattern of administration involving government departments and organizations in which complicated official routine is observed in the conduct of public affairs and in the activities of public officials. It is laying much emphasis on issues that demands urgent attention.

Give three causes of bureaucracy.

Complexity, Accountability, Size of organization, Specialization, Organizational set-up

Define inter-professional relationship.

Nurses in their own good profession should develop the mind and the habit of good relationship with other profession, in health care system.

Define intra-professional relationship.

An internal relationship among the people of same profession. It brings harmony, efficiency and productivity in an organization.

Define interpersonal relationship.

Without interpersonal relationship with his or her patient, he or she will not be able to know what is wrong or know the problem that is affecting the patients.