Chapter 1: Nursing Today Flashcards
What influences nursing in response to healthcare needs of society? (3)
- Economy
- Society
- Cultural variables of a specific area
Contributors to Nursing:
1. Who established the first nursing philosophy based on health maintenance and restoration?
- Who focused on health needs of the poor in New York City?
- Who established/ organized the first Midwifery program?
- Who was the founder of the American Red Cross?
- Who was the Nursing activist who fought for liscensing exams?
- Florence Nightingale
- Lillian D. Wald/Mary Brewster
- Mary Breckenridge
- Clara Barton
- Isabel Hampton Robb
What are societal changes that lead to changes in nursing? (6)
- Health care reform
- Demographic changes
- Medically underserved
- Threat of bioterrorism
- Rising health care costs
- Nursing Shortage
What are the principals and standards nurses follow that define the American Nurses Association (ANA)?
What is the goal of the ANA?
Nurses:
- 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
Goal: To improve the health and well-being of all individuals, communities, and populations through the significant and visible contributions of registered nursing using standards-based practice.
What is the definition of the International Council of Nurses?
Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups, and communities, sick or well and in all settings.
What are the 6 standards of practice?
- Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Outcomes identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
What are the 10 ANA Standards of Professional Performance?
Ethics
Education
Evidence-Based Practice and Research
Quality of Practice
Communication
Leadership
Teamwork and Collaboration
Patient-Centered Care
Resources
Quality Improvement
Safety
In the past, nurse responsibilities included providing care and comfort. What other responsibilities are emphasized in modern time? (2)
Now, nurses are to provide care and comfort and to emphasize health promotion and illness prevention.
What are the 5 components in accordance to professional roles of Autonomy and Accountability?
Caregiver Advocate Educator Communicator Manager
(Def.) What is an essential element of professional nursing that involves the initiation of independent nursing interviews without medical orders.
Autonomy
(Def.) What are Nurses considered as when they help their patients regain health and find their maximum level of independent function through the healing process.
Healing involves the body, mind, and spirit
Caregiver
(Def.) What is a Nurse considered as the person who protects the human and legal rights of their patients and help patients assert those rights when needed?
Advocate
(Def.) What are they considered when a nurse teaches a patient formal/informal education that involves the patient, family, significant other, or other support system.
Educator
(Def.) What is a nurse considered when they effectively establish a central communication nurse-patient relationship?
Communicator
(Def.) Who collaborates with others to help a nurse’s patients meet their established outcomes and will evaluate the manner in which care is administered. They typically evaluate staff nurses to determine whether they meet professional and health care facility standards.
Manager
