Ch . 1 Nursing Today Flashcards
How did Florence Nightingale see the role of the nurse in the early 1800s?
She saw the role of the nursing as being in charge of a patient’s health based on the knowledge of how to put the body in such a state as to be free of disease or to recover from disease.
Describe nursing’s code of ethics?
Is the philosophical ideals of right & wrong that define the principles you will use.
Clara Barton
Founder of the American Red Cross
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster
Opened the Henry Street Settlement, focusing on the health needs of the poor
Mary Adelaide Nutting
Instrumental in moving nursing nursing education into universities. First nursing professor at Columbia Teacher’s College.
Mary Mahoney
First professionally trained African American nurse.
Define Autonomy
Independent nursing interventions that the nurse initiates without medical orders.
Define Caregiver
Helps the patient maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and attain a maximal level of function and independence.
Define Advocate
Protects patients’ human and legal rights and provides assistance in asserting these rights.
Define Educator
Explains, demonstrates, reinforces, and evaluates the patient’s progress in learning.
Define Communicator
Is central to the nurse-patient relationship
Define Manager
Has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
Four core roles: Certified nurse-midwife, certified nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, and certified registered nurse anesthetist.
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice.
Nurse Practitioner
Detects and manages self-limiting acute and chronic stable medical conditions.
Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM)
Involves the independent care for women in normal pregnancy, labor, and delivery and care of newborns.
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Provides surgical anesthesia.
Nurse Educator
Works primarily in schools of nursing and staff development.
Nurse Administrator
Manages patient care and the delivery of specific nursing services within a health care agency.
Nurse Researcher
Investigates problems to improve nursing care and to expand the scope of nursing practice.
Novice 1
Nursing students or any nurse with no previous experience and they learn from a specific set of rules or procedures.
Advanced Beginner 2
Experience may only be observational, but the nurse is able to identify different aspects of care.
Competent 3
In the same position for 2 to 3 years and understands the organization and specific care required by certain patients. The nurse has experience with all types of psychomoter skills needed for certain groups.
Proficient 4
In the same position for more than 2 or 3 years. Looks at the situation as a whole and able to transfer knowledge gained from many previous experiences to a situation. Focused on managing care as opposed to managing performing skills.