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What is nursing

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  • Art & science
  • Commitment to the application of knowledge and clinical experience
  • focuses on the whole person, not just the presenting health problem
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Florence Nigtingale

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  • Founding of nursing (mid 1800s)
  • First nursing philosopher

+ “Charge of somebody’s health”
+ “how to put the body in such a state to be free of disease or to recover from disease”

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Influences on nursing

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\+keep people healthy
\+health care reform
\+demographic undeserved 
\+Threat of bioterrorism
\+rising health care costs
\+nursing shortage
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Nursing as a profession

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  1. extended education
  2. Theoretical body of knowledge
  3. specific service-provided
  4. autonomy in decision-making and practice
  5. code of ethics
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Benner: from novice to expert

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+Novice: Beginning nursing student
+Advance beginner: Some level experience
+Competent: Same clinical position for 2-3 hours
+Proficient: a nurse greater than 2-3 years
+Expert: Nurse w/ diverse experience

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Code of ethics

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philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define principles used to provide care.

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Profession responsibilities

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  • Autonomy and accountability
  • caregiver

-Advocate: Protect clients humans legal rights and provide assistance in asserting those rights if the need arises

  • Educator
  • communicator
  • manager
  • career development
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Trends in Nursing

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  • New kinds of health care agencies
  • Cultural diversity
  • safety
  • genomics: study of all genes
  • impact of nursing on politics and health policy
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QSEN

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+ Quality and safety education for nurses

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6 KSA’s

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+knowledge, skills and attitudes

  1. patient centered care
  2. teamwork and collaboration
  3. evidence-based practice
  4. quality improvement
  5. safety
  6. informatics
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Components of health care systems

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  • people
  • settings
  • regulatory agencies
  • health care financing mechanisms
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Health care delivery system

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-Compromised of interaction between health care providers and clients within constraint of financing mechanisms and regulatory agencies

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Levels of health care

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  • preventive care
  • primary care
  • secondary acute care
  • tertiary care
  • restorative care
  • continuing care
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Preventive care

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+Reducing and controlling risk factors for disease

+Immunizations and health screenings

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Primary Care

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Prenatal care, exercise classes

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Secondary acute care

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Emergency care, acute med-surg

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Tertiary care

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Intensive care, oncology, burn, sub acute units

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Restorative care

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+regain maximal functional

+ Rehabilitation, extended care facilities

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Continuing care

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+retirement homes, hospice

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Issues in health care delivery

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  • competency
  • ecidence-based practice
  • quality and safety health care
  • magnet recognition program
  • technological advancements and nursing informatics
  • globilization of health care
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Competency

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emphasizes the importance f public service, caring for the health of communities, and developing ethically responsible behaviors

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Evidence-based practice

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  • problem-solving approach to clinical practice that involves the conscientious use of current best evidence, along with expertise references
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quality and safety in health care

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health plans rely on the health plan employer data and information set (HEDIS)
-The national committee for quality assurance (NCQA)

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Magnet recognition program

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To help nurses find other good nurses

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Technological advancements and nursing informatics

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technology is a great influence on nurses

Nursing informatics:
-best computer science and information science with nursing science

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Globalization of health care

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nurses need to understand the worldwide communication and globalization of health care influences nursing practice

Nursing fundamentals QUIZ 1 (3 decks)

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