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What are the key characteristics of nursing? - ANSWERS -1.
Holistic Care
- Specialized knowledge and training
- Professional organization
- Code of ethics for nursing
- Scope and standards of practice
- ANA definition of nursing
Nursing is seen as ______ care - ANSWERS -holistic
What is holistic care? - ANSWERS -looks at physical, mental,
emotional, and social well being of those we are caring for
Nursing is a _____ rather than a job - ANSWERS -Profession
Profession is an - ANSWERS -occupation that has specialized
body of knowledge and training
A profession has a - ANSWERS -duty to the public good
The standards of practice - ANSWERS -describe the minimum
set of criteria for giving quality care
The standards of practice assure - ANSWERS -competency and
quality care
Who publishes scope and standards of practice - ANSWERS -The
American Nursing Association
The scope of nursing describes - ANSWERS -what the profession
of nursing does and how it is done
ANA definition of nursing - ANSWERS --the protection,
promotion, and optimization of health and abilities -prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing
-focus on discharge planning
Nurse as advocate - ANSWERS --interprets information and
provides necessary education -supports the patient's wishes and communicates them to other health care providers -situations when patient cannot speak for themselves
Nurse as a Leader - ANSWERS --provides direction and purpose
-motivates to work toward common goal
nurse as a manager - ANSWERS --coordinating all care that a
patient needs -oversee the staff, budget, and resources
nurse as researcher - ANSWERS --critique studies
-apply to practice -problems we identify become research
Nursing research is how - ANSWERS -nursing care is improved
Nurse as a Collaborator - ANSWERS --working with other health
care providers -coordination of patient care and communicating
nurse as delegator - ANSWERS --entrusting tasks to other health
care providers -knowing the scope of other professionals practice
The profession of nursing developed through - ANSWERS -war
Who established American Red Cross - ANSWERS -Clara Barton
Who headed the US Sanitary Commission (Army Nursing Corps) -
ANSWERS -Dorothea Dix
During wars, nurses emerged as _____ and had more ______ and
______ - ANSWERS -leaders, autonomy, responsibility
Nursing religious roots come from - ANSWERS --nurses (males)
in Egypt -increasing nun and monk work
When did the profession begin and who started it - ANSWERS --
in the 1850's during the Crimean War -Florence Nightingale
What advancements were made after world war II - ANSWERS --
nursing specialties -more male nurses
Conceptional framework or model - ANSWERS -collection of
interrelated concepts that provides direction for nursing practice, research, and education
Nightingale's Environmental Theory - ANSWERS -- relationship
between individual's environment and health -put patient in state that nature can heal them
Key concepts of Nightingale's theory - ANSWERS --clean air
-clean water -clean housing -decreased noise -good hygiene -light -comfort -socialziation and hope
Nightingale's theory is seen as - ANSWERS -holistic
Watson's theory on nursing focuses on - ANSWERS -caring and
importance of relationship with patient Watson's theory states that we as nurses need to develop a -
ANSWERS -caring, healing consciousness
Watson's Theory of Transpersonal Caring - ANSWERS -both
nurse and patient can be transformed through a healing relationship
Watson's critical caritas are - ANSWERS -factors involved in
holistic nursing care Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs applies to nursing how -
ANSWERS --each factor affects health
-helps plan care -helps prioritize actions Neumann University Nursing framework consists of -
ANSWERS --nursing
-person -environment -health/wellness -Illness -caring -healing
Socialization into nursing involves - ANSWERS --learning theory
and skills need for the role of nurse -internalizing values and attitudes
-see holistically -sees deviations from pattern
Expert Nurse - ANSWERS --Uses intuitive reasoning
-vision of what is possible -no longer relies on rules
Levels of Nursing include - ANSWERS -1. LPN
2. RN
3. BSN
4. MSN
- Doctorate
- Specialty certification
- professional nursing organization
LPN/LVN general - ANSWERS --12 to 18 months of school
-must pass NCLEX-PN -under supervision of RN
LPN scope of practice - ANSWERS --collect data but use no
decision making -update care plan -administer medicine
RN genreal - ANSWERS --graduate from an accredited school
and pass the NCLEX-RN
RN 2 year - ANSWERS -focuses on nursing courses only
RN 3 year - ANSWERS --diploma program
-combines classroom and clinical instruction
RN 4 year - ANSWERS -BSN
-nursing theory -sciences -humanities -behavioral science
What percentage of BSN are needed by 2020 - ANSWERS -
percent MSN focuses on
types of specialties include - ANSWERS -specific area of
advanced practice 4 direct patient care 4 non direct patient care
MSN 4 Specialties direct patient care - ANSWERS -1. Certified
Nurse Midwife
-work requirements
Professional organization - ANSWERS -enable nurses to have
access to current information and resources -voice for the profession
National Patient Safety Goals do what - ANSWERS -improve
patient safety for a variety of accredited health care facilities
National Patient Safety Goals for 2019 include - ANSWERS --
improve accuracy of identifying patients -improved communication -improve safety with medications -reduce harm associated with clinical alarm system -reduce health risk of infection
Changing Demographics that impact nursing - ANSWERS --
increase in elder population
reasons for nursing shortage - ANSWERS --older nurses retiring
-need for professors -burn out -full clinical sites
6 competencies of QSEN - ANSWERS -1. Patient-centered care
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Evidence-based practice
- Quality improvement
- Safety
- Informatics
What is a belief - ANSWERS -something that an individual
accepts to be truth
What is a value - ANSWERS -the enduring ideas about what one
considers to be good and what has worth
First-order beliefs - ANSWERS -The foundation or the basis of an
individual's belief system -develop during childhood through experiences
Problems with first-order beliefs in nursing - ANSWERS --rarely
questioned -cause great emotional or cognitive distress when presenting information to a patient that challenges this
Higher order beliefs are derived from - ANSWERS -first-order
beliefs using reasoning
patient centered care is - ANSWERS -providing care that is
respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions
Compassion is combination of - ANSWERS -sympathy and
empathy
Compassion does what - ANSWERS -recognizes, acknowledges,
and acts to alleviate suffering
Caring does what - ANSWERS -has concern, or regard for
another
collaboration does what - ANSWERS -works with others toward a
common goal
Professional nursing values include - ANSWERS --caring
-compassion -collaboration
Values of Neumann - ANSWERS -Reverence
Integrity Service Excellence Stewardship
Reverence is - ANSWERS -honoring the sacred worth and dignity
of each person
Integrity - ANSWERS -honesty
Service - ANSWERS -acting for others
Excellence - ANSWERS -perform responsibilities to best of our
ability
Stewardship - ANSWERS -The responsible and just use of the
world's resources
What is the essence of nursing - ANSWERS -caring
Caring involves the ______ and _____ that center on the unique
needs of another person - ANSWERS -actions and behaviors
Caring involves a ______ relationship between people and occurs
in different and complicated environments - ANSWERS -dynamic
Nightingale's model of caring - ANSWERS -manipulating the
environment to increasing healing is what defines care
Touch is deemed as - ANSWERS -essential and universal
component of nursing care
2 types of touch - ANSWERS --task oriented touch
-caring touch
task oriented touch - ANSWERS --should be explained to patient
-gentle and skillful to show competence -performing nursing interventions
Caring touch - ANSWERS -form of nonverbal communication,
which successfully influences a patient's comfort and security, enhances self-esteem, increases confidence of the caregivers, and improves mental well-being
Active listening is - ANSWERS -specific communication
technique in which one fully concentrates on what the other is saying in a conscious effort to fully understand the other
Compassion fatigue - ANSWERS -extreme state of distress
experiences as the progressive and cumulative result of exposure to stress in the therapeutic use of self in caring for others
Compassion fatigue may result in - ANSWERS --inability to care
for patient
-stress -anxiety -depression -physical and mental exhaustion
Avoidance of compassion fatigue - ANSWERS --recognize the
signs and effects -self-care and personal renewal -work programs and culture
What is the goal of holistic nursing - ANSWERS -healing
interconnectedness - ANSWERS -everyone and everything is
connected with and in a relationship with everything else
What leads to good patient centered care - ANSWERS -good
relationships
What is ethics - ANSWERS -decision on how we behave
Ethics guide - ANSWERS -behaviors in society
-right and wrong
What shapes ethical behavior - ANSWERS -1. family
