Chapter 1 Flashcards
Founded the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
1st practicing epidemiologist
Organized 1st school of nursing
Improved sanitation in battlefield hospitals
Her practices remain a basic part of nursing today.
Florence Nightingale
The first professionally trained African American nurse. She was concerned with relationships between cultures and races. She brought awareness of cultural diversity and respect for the individual, regardless of background, race, or color.
Mary Mahoney
What are the characteristics of a Nursing profession?
- Requires an extended education
- Requires body of knowledge
- Provides a specific service
- Has autonomy
- Incorporate a code of ethics
What is the goal of Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice which began in 1960 and is implemented by ANA?
The goal of his document is to improve the health and we’ll-being of all individuals, communities, and populations through significant and visible contributions of registered nursing using standard-based practice.
What are the 6 standards of practice and their purpose?
- assessment
- diagnosis
- outcomes identification
- planning
- implementation
- evaluation
They provide the guidelines for implementation and evaluating nursing care.
The ANA describe this a competent levels of behavior in professional role. These guidelines provides nurses to be accountable for their actions, their patients, and their peers. To assure patients are receiving the highest quality of care.
Standards of Professional Performance
Is the philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the principles you will use to provide care to your patients
Code of Ethics
The BSN degree program focus on the:
Basic sciences, theoretical and clinical sources, social sciences, arts and humanities to support nursing theory.
Establishes specific legal regulations for practice, professional organizations, establish standard practice as criteria for nursing care.
Nursing Practice Act (NPA)
Nursing practice:
- Protect, promote, and optimize our patient’s health
- Prevent illness and injury
- Alleviate suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses
- Advocate for the care of our patients
What are Benner’s stages of nursing proficiency?
Novice Advanced beginner Competent Proficient Expert
What are the differences of Professional Responsibilities between the past and now?
Past: to provide care and comfort
Now: to provide care and comfort and to emphasize health promotion and illness prevention
Is an essential element of professional rising that involves the initiation of independent nursing interventions without medical orders.
Ex. Independently implement coughing and deep-breathing exercises for a patient who recently had surgery.
Autonomy
_____ means that you are responsible, professionally and legally, for the type of quality of nursing care provided.
Accountability
Help patients maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms.
Caregiver
You protect your patient’s human and legal rights and provide assistance in asserting these rights if the need arises.
Ex. You provide additional info to help family decide whether or not to accept a treatment you find an interpreter to help family members communicate their concerns
Advocate
Explain concepts and facts about health, describe the reason for routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care
Educator
Coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for specific nursing unit or agency.
Manager
Is an APRN who provides health care to a group of patients with complex problems and more holistic approach than physicians. Directly managing the medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic conditions.
Nurse practitioner
Providing independently care for women during normal pregnancy, labor, and delivery and care of the newborn
Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM)
Provides surgical anesthesia under the guidance and supervision of an anesthesiologist
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesist ( CRNA)
Manages patient care and delivery of specific nursing services within health scare agency.
Nurse administrator
Investigates problems to improve nursing care and further define and expand the scope of nursing practice.
Nurse researcher
Addresses the challenge to prepare nurses with competencies needed to continuously improve the quality of care in their work environment
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses ( QSEN)
What are the 6 QSEN competencies?
Patient-Centered Care Teamwork and Collaboration Evidence-Based Practice Quality Improvement Safety Informatics
Integrate the best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences values.
Ex. Demonstrate knowledge of basic scientific methods.
Evidence-Based Practice
Recognize the patient or designers the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs.
Ex. Involve family and friends in care.
Patient-Centered Care
Function effectively with nursing and interprofessional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision making to achieve quality patient care.
Teamwork and Collaboration
Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers
Safety
Use information and technology to communicate
Informatics
Use data to monitor the outcome of care processes.
Ex. Use tools as flow charts and diagrams
Quality improvement
Is a newer term that describes the study of all genes in person and interactions of these genes with one another and with that person’s environment.
Genomics
