Cue Cards Flashcards
What was Florence Nightengale’s significance in nursing?
First to develop and publish a philosophy and theory of health and nursing.
Identified that people have personal needs.
Established standards for management
Established formal nursing education and a respected occupation for women.
Promoted sanitation, cleanliness, nourishment, ventilation, nutrition and routines.
What years did Florence Nightengale make these impressions?
1851-1869
Who was the first trained nurse in Australia and what date?
Lucy Osburn- 1864
What was significant about Lucy Osburn?
She was trained in England and founded the Florence nightingale school of Nursing in Australia in 1868
When was the first nursing training school in New Zealand?
1884
When did the “Nurse Registration Act” get enacted and what person’s work have great significance on the formation of the act?
1901 and Grace Neil
When was the germ theory founded and by who?
1860-1930.
Louis Pasteur linked microorganisms to disease.
Alexander Flemming discovered penicillin
When was New Zealand Nurses Organisation formed? (NZNO)
1934
When did NZ get free hospital care?
1938
When was the Nursing Council of NZ established? (NCNZ)
1971
What does ICN stand for?
Internation council of nursing
What is ICN’s definition of nursing?
Nursing encompasses autonomous and
collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of the ill, disabled and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, and participation in shaping health policy and education are also key nursing Roles.
Who is Grace Neil?
A London-trained nurse, Grace Neill, was employed as the Assistant Inspector of Hospitals in the late 1890s.
Why was Grace Neil important to NZ nursing
She recognised the need to introduce and maintain standards in nurse training. In 1899, she became a foundation member of the International Council of Nurses. Her representations resulted in the Nurses Registration Act of 1901, which provided for a course of 3 years’ training and a state examination followed by registration. This Act made New Zealand the first country in the world to regulate nurses nationally (Tennant, 1993).”
What is the definition of scope of practice?
Scope as defined as
“A framework of nursing activities that particular nurses are educated, competent and authorised to perform within a specific context”
What are the three scopes of practice for nurses in New Zealand
Enrolled Nurse, Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner
What does evidence-based practice consist of?
Clinical expertise, patient values, best available research evidence
What is nursing theory?
Nursing theory provided rational & knowledgeable reasons for nursing actions based on organised written descriptions of what nursing is and what nurses do
Whats the definition of discipline?
The domain of knowledge that is generated through research and higher education
Whats the definition of profession?
Individuals that are disciplined, follow ethical requirements, have specialised skills and knowledge that is acquired through higher education.
What is the definition of professionalism?
Is demonstrated by the qualities, practise and conduct that demonstrates competence, and the ethical, and legal conventions of the profession.
What are the four types of knowledge?
Science, process, philosophy and practice.
What are the sources of knowledge?
Traditional (passed down, not necessarily EB)
Experimental (experience and reflection)
Scientific (research evidence)
Patient and whanau (their journey)
Local (audits, local data)
Define theory
“organized, coherent and systematic articulation of a set of statements related to significant questions”
in a discipline and communicated as a meaningful whole.”
A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something
Who are some nursing theorists
Florence Nightengale, Faye Abdullah, Virginia Henderson, Patricia Benner & Judith Wrubel.
What’s adaption theory?
Defines adaption as the adjustment of living things to the environmental conditions. Adaption is a continuously occurring process that effects change and involves interaction and response
What’s systems theory?
Describes how to break whole things into parts and then learn how the parts work as systems. E.G. respiratory system
What’s the developmental theory?
Outlines the process of growth and development of humans as orderly and predictable. Beginning with conception and ending with death.
Define ontology
Study of the reality of being. study of existence.
Ontology is also the study of how we determine if things exist or not, as well as the classification of existence. It attempts to take things that are abstract and establish that they are, in fact, real.
“Ontology,a philosophical term, is the study of what is reality, of being. Or, as described bySchneider and colleagues (2013) , ontology is the study of existence. As ontologies are philosophical concepts that emanate from belief and value systems, there can be differing opinions about which ontologies are appropriate to develop nursing knowledge.
Define Paradigm
Set of beliefs and practices shared by communities or researchers. E.G. religion. Germ theory
Implicit in an ontology is aparadigm, that is, a ‘set of beliefs and practices, shared by communities of researchers, which regulate inquiry within disciplines’ (Weaver & Olson, 2006, p. 459)
What three documents act as New Zealand’s constitution?
The Constitution Act 1986
The New Zeland Bill of Rights Act 1990
Tiriti o Waitangi 1840
What are four important rights from the NZ Bill of rights act 1990?
- Right not to be deprived of life
- Right not to be subjected to torture or cruel treatment.
- Right to not be subjected to medicine or scientific experimentation
- Right to refuse to undergo medical treatment
Whats the primary function of NZ nursing council (NCNZ)
To protect the health and safety of members of the public by ensuring nurses are component and fit to practice. Resisters nurses. Sets ongoing competence requirements and issuing practice certificates. Sets scopes of practice. Sets state examination
What is the primary function of NZNO?
Professional and industrial leadership. Representation for nurses, midwives and HC workers. Sets standards for competencies for specialty areas of practice. Provides indemnity insurance
What are the four RN competentices in NZ?
1) Professional responsability
2) management of nursing care
3) interpersonal relationships
4) Interprofessional HC and quality improvement
What does being competent in domain one (professional responsibility) look like?
Competent professionally, legally, ethically and culturally. Taking accountability promotes safe consumer environment. Consumer independence and quality of life.
What does being competent in domain two (management of nursing care) look like?
Competent in assessing and managing health and consumer care. Supported by nursing Knowledge and EB practice.
What does being competent in domain three (interpersonal relationships) look like?
Competencies related to interpersonal and therapeutic communication with health consumers and other nursing staff.
So..
Develops and maintains effective relationships with others.
Relates well to people from varied backgrounds and in different situations
Shows understanding, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness.
Relates to people in an open, friendly, and professional manner.
What does being competent in domain four (interprofessional HC and quality improvement) look like?
Competent in evaluating the effectiveness of care and promoting a nursing perspective within the interprofessional activities of the team.
What is the purpose of the NCNZ code of conduct
Nurses are expected to uphold exemplary standards of conduct because they have the trust of the public to undertake their professional role. Nurses must have a high standard of behaviour in their personal lives.
Values- respect, trust, partnership, integrity.
Define ethics
Moral philosophy is the discipline concerned with morally good and bad
Define bioethics
Relates specifically to life and in healthcare and includes the following subject areas- Consent, genetics, beginning and end of life.
Define nursing ethics
Nursing ethics aren’t limited to bioethics but include nursing concepts- Culture, care, person, health, healing, environment
Define Autonomy
Support clients to make informed decisions individually or collectively
Define justice
Dignity, needs and values of client are respected
Define veracity
Communication is open, honest and truthful
Define tika
Self-awareness and knowledge of whanau traditions enables correct core
Define Rangatiratanga
Practice supports whanau to make own health decisions
Define kotahitanga
reciprocal engagement between individual/ whanau and nurture enables joint decision making
Define beneficence
partnerships developed that are safe and beneficial for the client
Define fidelity
Trust is promoted by honouring commitments and providing a rationale for decisions
Define morals
Personal or communal standards of right and wrong
define value
is an abstract concept encompassing a person’s fundamental beliefs and ideas about the worth of something and acts as a standard to guide one’s behaviour
Who wrote the code of ethics?
NZNO
Who wrote the code of conduct?
NCNZ