Concept Of Nursing Flashcards
Assist client physically and psychologically while preserving client’s dignity.
Caregiver
Identify client problems and communicate them to other members of the health care team.
Communicator
Help clients learn about health and health care procedures to restore or maintain health.
Teacher
Represent, protect the client’s needs and wishes.
Client advocate
Help client to recognize and cope with stressful psychological or social problems, develop improved relationships, and promote personal growth.
Counselor
Assist clients to make modifications in behavior.
Change agent
Influence others to work together to accomplish specific goals.
Leader
Manage care of individuals, families, and communities.
Manager
Work with or act as primary nurse to oversee care of specific caseload.
Case manager
Use research to improve client care.
Research consumer
Occupation that requires extensive education; special knowledge, skill, and preparation.
Profession
Professional character, spirit, and methods.
Professionalism
Process of becoming professional.
Professionalization
Hospital diploma, associate degree, baccalaureate degree, master’s degrer, and doctoral degree
Specialized education
Nursing conceptual frameworks
Body of knowledge
Altruism and service to others.
Service orientation
Contemporary practice-related issues.
Ongoing research
Integrity. Members expected to do what is considered as right regardless of personal cost.
Code of ethics.
Self regulating. Independence at work.
Autonomy
Governance
Professional organization
Nursing theory that focuses on undersranding different cultures in order to function.
Culture care diversity and universality (Leininger)
Caring is contextual, influenced by organizational structure.
Theory of Bureaucratic Caring (Ray)
All individuals are caring and develop caring abilities by being true to self, being real, and being who they truly are.
Caring, the human mode of being (Roach)