Exam 1 Study Guide Flashcards
Missouri Nurse Practice Act
- professional nursing = any act which requires substantial specialized education, judgment and skill based on knowledge and application of principles derived from the biological, physical, social, and nursing sciences
- teaching health care and preventing illness to patient and family
- assessment, nursing diagnosis, nursing care, and counsel of persons who are ill, injured or experiencing alterations in normal health processes
- administration of medications and treatments as prescribed by a person licensed by a state regulatory board
- coordination and assistance in plan of care w/ team members
- teaching and supervision of other persons in the performance
Legal definition of Nursing - Nurse Practice Act
- defines nursing
- scope of practice (what the nurse is allowed to do)
- qualifications for licensure
- nursing titles that are allowed to be used
- actions that can or will happen if the nurse does not follow the nursing law
Which of the following is NOT someone who wants to be a registered nurse in MO?
- Must have a HS diploma/GED
- Must be a good moral character
- Must have a BSN!!! — can have associates degree too
- Must pass the licensing exam
4 factors that can influence care
- person, environment, health, and nursing
slu conceptual framework: person
- individual, family, group, community
- family: set of relationships that client defines as family (may have legal/biological ties)
- group: assembly of people who meet over time for a specified reason
- community: social group which may share geographic boundaries. interact bc of common interests to meet needs in larger society
- adaptive system
- interacting w/ environment
- goals: meet basic needs, maximize fxn, progress toward self-actualization
- integrated whole w/ 4 dimensions
slu conceptual framework: environment
- external factors (surround or interact with client)
- influence development and behavior
- client adapts by changing self or by changing environment
- may include individuals, families, communities, physical surroundings, settings, milieu, social/political
> health care system - 6 levels of Care in HC System
> preventive (vaccine), pc (check up), secondary care (hospital), tertiary care (bone marrow transplant), restorative care (rehab), continuing care (hospice)
health
- fluctuates along a continuum from high level wellness to death
- fluctuations occur bc of change in person or external environment
- person strives to achieve maximal physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual integrity
- internal variables: genetic influences, health habits, age/developmental state, emotional factors, spiritual factors
- external variables: family variables (obesity), SEF, cultural background
goal of nursing
- assist individuals who have actual or potential health related difficulties
- goal = to assist the person toward maximal physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual integrity
what is the definition of health according to the sluson conceptual framework?
- dynamic state of being that fluctuated along a continuum from high level of wellness to death
slu conceptual framework: nursing
- nursing is a science and art
- assist clients with actual or potential health related difficulties in adaptation
- based on professional values
- goal of nursing – maximal integrity in adaptation
core concepts of nursing
- communication, collaboration, curiosity, competence, care, cure
according to the sluson framework, what is the goal of nursing care?
- promote adaptation
according to the sluson framework, who is the patient?
- client, parents and sibilings, friends
according to the sluson framework, what is the role of nursing in client care?
- nurse is the provider of care
- nurse is a coordinator of care
- nurse is an educator
factors that influence decision making in nursing
- nature of nursing practice
- nurse/patient relationship
- health care system
- legal and ethical principles
therapeutic relationships
- professional, interpersonal alliance in which the nurse and patient join tgthr for a defined period to achieve health-related treatment goals
- time varies (short or long)
- requires planning
> think through and organize ideas
> actively listen and question
> choose messages carefully for max impact
> seek common ground
>how can we get tgthr to do what is best for the patient and make quality decisions
goals of therapeutic relationships
- supporting patients and families
- helping patients and families learn practical strategies
- provide emotional and informational support
- assisting patients to cope (physical touch)
- helping patients discover new directions
- connecting patients with members of IP team (case manager, PT, etc)
- empowering patients to be successful advocates for their own health
- we do for the patient what they would do for themselves and we try to make them as independent as possible
what is communication?
- combination of verbal and nonverbal behaviors integrated for the purpose of sharing
- info, ideas, feelings
- intertwined with relationships
verbal communication
- spoken or written words
- vocab
> words that convey meaning
> meaning is in the people who send and receive the message
> meanings can vary in diff context
> medical jargon
> generational differences (phrases)
> cultural/regional differences - what a word means = very much a product of us and what we know
denotative
- generalized meaning assigned to a word by a group
- largely agreed upon meaning
- dictionary definition
- Ex: walk = to pass on foot or as if on foot thru, along, over, or upon
connotative
- shade or interpretation of the meaning of a word influenced by thoughts, feelings, ideas that people have a word for
- ex: walk = physically walking a patient or walking a baseball player
paralanguage
- verbal styles that influence communication
- pacing: appropriate speed and pacing increases success of communication
- intonation: tone of voice can dramatically affect meaning of message
> convey diff emotions like anger, concern
> lack of intonation makes written communication hard to decode
written communication has tone
where are you = chill
WHERE ARE YOU = urgent
how to make communication more effective?
- simple, brief, direct
- avoid phrases like, basically, literally, you know = detracts from clarity
- messages should be relevant and imp to the situation being discussed
Nonverbal communication
- 60-75% is done nonverbally
- unconsciously motivated (expressions)
- nonverbal could tell us something different than their words
- saying they aren’t in pain when they rlly are
body language: eye contact
- people often signal readiness to communicate thru eye contact
- can have different meanings in different cultures
> some might not look you in the eye bc you have such high esteem
what can gestures do?
- indicate how the person is feeling and if they are ready to communicate
what can posture do?
- let you know of the patient is open to communicating and how they feel
imp sounds for nurses to note
- sighs, moans, groans, and sobs
- these indicate how the patient is feeling
touch
- conveys caring, empathy, support, reassurance
- also conveys anger
- influenced by culture so might be inappropriate to some
- may or may not be welcomed
how far should nurses be from the patient?
- intimate distance: 0-18in (L&D)
- personal distance: 18-40in (standing @ bedside)
requires therapeutic use of self
- not simply what the nurse does but who the nurse is
- authenticity
- self-awareness: clear understanding of your personal beliefs, values, stereotypes, and personal perspectives
- presence: full attention of the nurse being there and being with (eye contact)
- empathy (on another card)
- appropriate level of involvement (on another card)
empathy
- ability to enter into the life of another person and accurately perceive their feelings
- communicated understanding
- increases the feeling of being connected to another
- is NOT sympathy
- trying to visualize how they are feeling
appropriate level of involvement
- degree of nurse’s attachment and active participation in patient’s care
- fluctuates
- maintain professional boundaries
social relationships
- mutually beneficial
- reciprocity
- may fulfill mutual needs for pleasure, love, econ security
- not the same as therapeutic relationships
too little involvement
- limited perfunctory contacts
- minimizing patients suffering
- defensive or judgmental communication
- neglecting the patient
- showing disinterest
undue self-disclosure
- should be limited and only used with the intention of assisting the patient in a pos way
- telling info about myself
secretive behavior
- should never be secretes btw patient and nurse
- if a patient asks if you can keep a secret, you can keep it confidential as long as it is not harming them or anyone else
super nurse behavior
- no one else can take better care of the patient than me
special treatment
- providing care that is not given to other patients
sexual misconduct
- engaging in conduct with a patient that is sexual or may be reasonably interpreted by the patient as sexual
- take someone w/ you if you think the patient can interpret it as sexual
pre-interaction phase
- looking at chart before you see the patient
- patient does not directly participate
- identify professional goals
> review available data
> talk with other care givers
> anticipate health concerns or issues that arise - plan time and space for initial interaction
orientation phase
- when nurse and patient get to know one another
- begin to develop trust
> give patient basic info about yourself
> name, professional status, purpose, nature, and time available of the relationship, when will relationship end - clarify your role and that of patient
- assess patient’s health status
> close ended questions (yes or no)
> open ended questions: elicit - patients thoughts and perspectives w/o influencing the direction of acceptable response
> focused questions: more specific (can you tell me more…) - begin to identify patient problems and goals
SURETY
- S: sit at an angle
- U: uncross arms and legs
- R: relax
- E: eye contact
- T: touch (or physical proximity)
- Y: your intuition
working phase
- nurse and patient work tgthr to solve patient problems and achieve patient goals
- utilize therapeutic communication skills to facilitate successful interactions
termination phase
- remind the patient that termination is near
- evaluate goal achievement with the patient
- transition care to other caregivers as needed
- introduce next nurse
- talk to the next nurse
therapeutic communication skills
- active listening
- empathy
- minimal cues: brief encouraging phrases and nonverbal prompts
- clarification: listening response - ask patient for info or for elaboration of a point (can you tell me what I just said)
- restatement: restate parts of the message in the form of a question
- paraphrasing: focuses on the cognitive component of the message (so you were confused abt your med schedule)
- reflection: focuses on emotional component of the message (so you’re feeling sad. can you tell me more?)
- summarization and validation: used to pull several ideas and feelings tgthr (so the pain meds are not working. let’s try to figure out what we can do diff)
- providing info: can decrease anxiety or help w/ decision making
- silence
- touch
- humor
barriers to therapeutic communication
- false reassurance: 007
- giving advice (coersive)
- false inferences: making an unsubstantiated assumption about what a patient means w/o asking for validation
- over generalizing (it’s gonna be fine everyone gets nervous)
- changing subject (ignoring what’s imp to them)
- moralizing (i think it’s great you quit smoking)
- value judgments/personal opinion: pt shouldn’t know if you approve/disapprove their actions
- social responses: polite superficial comments that don’t focus of what the patient is feeling or trying to see
- asking why questions: implies criticism and makes patient feel defensive
- being defensive/arguing
- bringing up topics best avoided (religion, politics, etc)
Enhancing the therapeutic relationship
- CARE
- C: connect w/ pt
- A: appreciate the patient’s situation and acknowledge their pov
- R: respond to their needs
- E: empower pts to problem solve w/ u
- keep things confidential when appropriate
scope of nursing practice
- promoting health and wellness
- preventing illness
- restoring health
> providing direct care to ill person
> performing diagnostic procedures
> consulting w/ other health professionals
> teaching about recovery activities
> rehabilitating pts to optimal fxnal level - caring for the dying
qualifications for licensure
- submit a written application on forms furnished to the applicant
- good moral character
- completed all education requirements
- make statement under oath
- Be approved by the board
- pass an exam (NCLEX)
- pay license fee
define nursing
- The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health, its recovery, or a peaceful death that the client would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help the client gain
independence as rapidly as possible.
ANA Council of Nursing Practice definition
- Nursing incorporates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and
optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering through compassionate
presence. Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of
individuals, families, groups, communities and populations in recognition of the connection of all
humanity
set standards of practice use of nursing process in providing care
- assessment
- diagnosis
- outcome identification
- planning
- implementation
> coordination of care
> health teaching and health promotion - evaluation
discipline of nursing
- disciplines are ways of thinking - ways to look at the world
meyer’s law
- nurses are not paid for what they do; they are paid for how they think
clinical decision making
- strategies used to understand the significance of data, identify real and potential patient problems and choose the best actions to achieve desired outcomes
self-care deficit theory of nursing - dorothea orem’s
used when feeding or bathing a patient until the patient can do it on their own
theory of goal attainment - imogene king
- nurses view a patient as a unique personal system that is constantly interacting/transacting w/ other systems
- help patients become active participants in their care by working with them to establish goals for attaining, restoring, or maintaining health
adaptation model - callista roy
- nurses help a patient cope w/ or adapt to changes in physiological, self-concept, role fxn, and interdependence domains
principles of practice and nursing - virginia henderson
nurses assist patients w/ 14 activities (breathing, eating, drinking, elimination, movement, positioning, sleep, rest, clothing, body temp, hygiene, safety, communication, play, work, worship, learning) until patients can meet these needs themselves or they help them have a peaceful death
cultural care theory - madeline leininger
an established nursing theory that emphasizes culture and care as essential concepts in nursing
which of the following is NOT a part of the physiological dimension according to the SLUSON framework?
- elimination
- sleep/rest
- sensory/perception
- sexuality/reproduction
- SELF PERCEPTION AND SELF CONCEPT (psychological)
According to the SLUSON conceptual framework “meaning and purpose of life” is a part of which dimension?
- spiritual
which of the following is part of the sociocultural dimension according to the SLUSON framework
- cultural values, norms and customs
SLU conceptual framework: nursing roles
- designer and provider of care
- nurse clinician – ADN, Diploma, BSN
- Advanced Practitioner Nurses – MSN/DNP
>NP, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse Midwife, Nurse Anesthetist - manager/coordinator of care -> works w/ IP team
- member of a team
- negotiating decision making among team is essential
- good communication paramount
> need to understand Med terms - can be patient educator, politician, consultant, counselor, researcher, client advocate
altruism
concern for welfare an well being of others
autonomy
right to self-determination
human dignity
respect for inherent worth and uniqueness of populations and individuals
integrity
acting in accordance w/ appropriate code of ethics and accepted standards of practice
social justice
working to ensure equality in treatment and access
callista roy’s theory of nursing states that the unique fxn of nursing is
helping clients adapt to internal and external demands
nursing practice involves all of the following except
- promoting health and wellness
- DIAGNOSING DISEASE
- restoring health
- caring for the dying
a client has terminal cancer and has been accepted into a hospice program. what level of health. care are they using at the time?
continuing care
what is caring and what are the requirements?
- patient centered approach focusing on the patient’s needs
- requirements: sincerity, listening, presence, respect, acceptance
caring is primary (dr. benner)
People, events, projects,
and things matter to people. Patients are unique with
different backgrounds of experience, values, and cultural perspectives.
Leininger’s transcultural caring
Caring is very personal, thus its expression of caring differs for each patient. Expressions, processes, and patters of caring vary among cultures.
watson’s transpersonal caring
Holistic model that
supports a nurse’s conscious intention to care and promote healing and wholeness. The nurse looks for deep sources of inner healing to protect, enhance, and preserve a person’s dignity, humanity, wholeness, and inner
harmony.
Swanson’s theory of caring
Nurturing way of relating to
an individual. 1) Knowing 2)Being with 3)Doing for
4)Enabling 5)Maintaining belief
knowing
- striving to understand an event as it has meaning in the life of the other
- avoiding assumptions; centering on the one cared for; assessing throughly; seeking clues o clarify the event engaging the self or both
being with
- being emotionally present to the other
- being there, conveying ability, sharing feelings, not burdening
doing for
- doing for the other as one would do for self
- comforting, anticipating, performing skillfully, protecting, preserving dignity
enabling
- facilitating the other’s passage thru life transitions and unfamiliar events
- informing/explaining, supporting/allowing, focusing, generating alternatives, validating/giving feedback
maintaining belief
- sustaining faith in the other’s capacity to get through an event or transition and face a future w/ meaning
- believing in/holding in esteem, maintaining a hope filled attitude, offering realistic optimism “going the distance”
providing presence
- eye contact
- body language
- voice tone
- listening
- positive and encouraging attitude
touch
- ask before you touch
- Contact touch: skin to skin (task oriented, caring, or protective) ex: holding
patient’s hand, giving a massage, gently positioning - Protective touch: protects a nurse or a patient ex: holding patient to prevent
from falling or distancing self from patient if there’s tension - Therapeutic touch: holistic intentional and compassionate use of touch to help patients find inner balance
- Use touch with discretion as touch can convey many messages
listening
- Engaging with the patient, being present in a non-judgmental and accepting manner
- “Taking in” what a patient says + interpreting and understanding what’s said +
give back understanding to the patient = listening - Silence yourself and listen with an open mind, concentrate on what the patient is saying, fully focused, observe patients tone of voice, expressions, & body language
- paraphrasing and reflecting: i’m hearing ____ is that correct?
knowing the patient
- Improves patient satisfaction and patient outcomes
- In knowing, nurses are able to identify changes out of the ordinary for the patient which can improve our quality of care
- Patients feel valued when nurses take the time to care for them by knowing more about them (favorite drink in the morning, what time they like to bathe, how they like their water, etc)
spiritual care
A caring relationship between patient and nurse help to …
– Mobilize hope for the patient and nurse
– Find an understanding of illness, symptoms, or emotions that’s acceptable to the patient
– Assist patient in using social, emotional, or spiritual resources
– Recognize that caring relationships connect us human to human, spirit to spirit