chap 1 quiz Flashcards
definition of nursing
caring
art
science
client centered
holistic
adaptive
concerned with health promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration
helping profession
Roles and Functions of the Nurse
Caregiver
Communicator
Teacher
Client Advocate
Counselor
Change Agent
Leader
Manager
Case Manager
Research Consumer
maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and attain a maximal
level of function and independence
Caregiver
primarily concerned with the client’s needs
Caregiver
central to the nurse-patient relationship.
Communicator
allows the nurse to know the patient, including their strengths, weaknesses, and needs.
Communicator
essential to all nursing roles and activities
Communication
explains concepts and facts about health, describe the reason for routine care activities,
demonstrate procedures, reinforce learning or patient behavior, and evaluate the patient’s progress in learning.
Teacher
nurse protects the patient’s human and legal rights and provides assistance in
asserting their rights
Client Advocate
nurse act on behalf of the patient and secure the patient’s health
care rights
Client Advocate
helps the patient to recognize and cope with stressful psychologic or social problems, develop improved personal relationships and to promote personal growth.
Counselor
providing emotional, intellectual, and psychological support.
nurse initiates changes and assists the client make modifications in the lifestyle
Change Agent
helps the client make decisions
Leader
nurse manager plans, gives directions, develop staffs, monitors operations, gives rewards fairly, and represents both staff members and administration
Manager
manages the nursing care of
individuals, groups, families and communities.
Manager
delegates nursing activities to ancillary workers
Manager
coordinates the activities of other members of the health care team,
Case Manager
works with the multidisciplinary health care team to measure
the effectiveness of the case management plan and to monitor outcomes.
Case Manager
nurse participates in scientific investigation and uses research finding
Research Consumer
Nurses used research to improve client care.
Research Consumer
4 areas of Nursing Practice:
Promoting Health and Wellness
Preventing Illness
Restoring Health
Caring for the dying
traditional nursing roles has always entailed:
Humanistic caring
Nurturing
Comforting
Supporting
Four Metaparadigm for nursing
Person or client
Environment
Health
Nursing
Florence Nightingale
Environmental Theory
act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery.