CH 1 and 2 Flashcards
Nursing definition
Nursing is: caring art science client centered holistic adaptive helping profession concerned with health promotion, maintenance,restoration
change agent
assist client to make modifications in their behavior
Standards of Practice
responsibilities
Assessment Diagnosis Outcomes Identification Planning Implementation(coord of care/teaching/consult./prescript.) Evaluation
Standards of Professional Performance
expected behaviors
Ethics Education Evidence-Based Practice Quality of Practice Communication Leadership Collaboration Professional Practice Eval. Resource Utilization Environmental Health (safe manner)
client advocate
protect the client and represent client’s needs, wishes and rights
governance
the establishment and maintenance of social, political and economical arrangements by which practitioners control their practice, self-discipline, working conditions, and professional affairs
Stages of Nursing Expertise
Benner’s
I - Novice - no exp., student, limited, inflexible performance
II - Adv Beginner - recognizes aspects of real situation
III - Competent - 2-3 yrs of exp., has organ. and planning abilities
IV - Proficient - 3-5 yrs exp, holistic understanding, perceives whole situation
V - Expertfluid, flexibe performance, highly intuitive and proficient
DRG
diagnostic-related groups
Medicare pymt system to hospitals that links fees according to Dx
PSDA
patient self-determination act
legislation requiring that every competent adult be informed in writing on admission to a health care institution about his or her rights to accept or refuse medical care and to use advance directives
Which women made significant contributions to the nursing care of soldiers during Civil War? SATA
- Harriet Tubman
- Florence Nightingale
- Fabiola
- Dorothea Dix
- Sojournor Truth
Harriet Tubman
Dorothea Dix
Sojournor Truth
(Nightingale was Crimean War and Fabiola was Roman Empire)
Curricula for nursing education are strongly influenced by which of the following? SATA
- Physicians groups
- Professional nursing organ.
- Individual state boards of nursing
- Hospital administrators
- Nat.’l Council of State Boards of Nursing
Professional Organizations
Individual Stateboards
Nat.’l Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCLEX)
Which is an example of continuing education for nurses?
- attending the hospitals orientation
- completing a workshop on ethical aspects
- obtaining info about the facility’s new computer system
- Talking with a rep about a new piece of equipment
2 - completing a workshop, a formal experience
Health promotion is best represented by which activity?
- administering immunizations
- giving a bath
- preventing accidents in the home
- performing diagnostic procedures
Preventing accidents at home
administering immuniz = illness prevention
bath = not needed for disease prevention or promotion
diagn. procedures = disease detection
Who were America’s first two trained nurses?
- Barton and Wald
- Dock and Sanger
- Richards and Mahoney
- Henderson and Breckinridge
Richards and Mahoney
A nurse with 2-3 years experience who can coord. multiple complex nursing care demands is at what nursing expertise stage (Benner’s)?
Stage III -Competent
Which professional organization developed a code for nursing students? ANA NLN AACN NSNA
National Student Nurses Association developed the Code of Academic and Clinical Conduct for Nursing
Which of the following social forces is most likely to significantly impact the future supply and demand for nurses?
aging
economics
science/technology
telecommunications
aging population
A RN is interested in functioning as a health care advocate for individuals whose lives are affected by violence . The nurse will be investigating which expanded career role?
clinical nurse specialist
forensic nurse
nurse practitioner
nurse educator
forensic nurse specifically integrates forensic skills into nursing practice
An RN is caring for a client in pain and has given pain meds, repositioned, dimmed lights. Twenty minutes later the RN returns to check on the pain level, what standard of practice is being performed?
assessment
planning
implementation
evaluation
Evaluation of progress toward attainment of outcomes
