4.) A CHANGING DISCIPLINE Flashcards
The ability of nurses in the designated organization to convert
their organization’s values, beliefs, and behaviors in order to
create a high professional level of nursing care
Transformational Leadership
The ability to provide an innovative environment where strong
professional practice can flourish with regard to the hospital’s
mission, vision, and values
Structural Empowerment
Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of the role of
nursing; the application of that role with patients, families,
communities; and the interdisciplinary team is clear, so new
knowledge and evidence can be applied to nursing care
Exemplary Professional Practice
Demonstrates strong nursing leadership, empowered
professionals, and exemplary practice while contributing to
patient care.
New Knowledge, Innovation, and Improvements
Demonstrates solid structure and processes where strong
professional practice can flourish and where the mission,
vision, and values come to life as the organization achieves the
outcomes believed to be important for the organization
Empirical Quality Results
a way of living in which families cope with social,
physical, psychological, and economic variables in their life
Family lifestyle
The number of births per 1,000
population
Birth rate
The number of pregnancies per
1,000 women of childbearing age.
Fertility rate
The number of fetal deaths (over
500 g) per 1,000 live births.
Fetal death rate
Reflects the overall quality of
maternal and child care.
Fetal death rate
The number of deaths per 1,000
live births occurring at birth or in
the first 28 days of life.
Neonatal death rate
Reflects the quality of care
available to infants during the first
month of life
Neonatal death rate:
The number of deaths during the
perinatal time period (beginning
when a fetus reaches 500 g, about
week 20 of pregnancy, and ending
about 4 to 6 weeks after birth)
Perinatal death rate:
The sum of the fetal and neonatal
rates.
Perinatal death rate:
The number of maternal deaths
per 100,000 live births that occur
as a direct result of the
reproductive process.
Maternal mortality rate
The number of deaths per 1,000
live births occurring at birth or in
the first 12 months of life.
Infant mortality rate
The number of deaths per 1,000
population in children aged 1 to 14
years
Childhood mortality
rate
Number of deaths in a given population must give an equivalent
number of births
REPLACEMENT POPULATION
The leading causes of maternal mortality in the Philippines
- Hemorrhage
- Gestational Hypertension
- Sepsis
TRENDS IN THE HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT (8)
- Initiating cost containment
- Changes in health insurance coverage
- Increasing alternative settings and styles for health care
- Increasing use of technology
- Meeting work need of pregnant and breastfeeding women
- Regionalizing intensive care
- Increasing use of alternative treatment modalities
- Increasing reliance on home care
health concerns and attitude
- Increasing concern for quality of life
- Increasing awareness of the individuality and diversity of
patients - Empowerment of healthcare consumers
