FIRST LECTURE TOPIC Flashcards
the promotion and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
nursing
is a series of organized steps designed for nurses to provide excellent care ; one of the foundations of practice ; offers a framework for thinking through problems and provides some organization to a nurse’s critical thinking skills
nursing process
what is the overview of nursing process
assessment
diagnosis
planning
implementation
evaluation
the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
health assessment
prioritizes data collection activities based on the patient’s immediate condition, or anticipated needs of the patient or situation ; evidence based techniques
health assessment
collecting, organizing, validating, and documenting client data ; to establish database
assessment
what are the 5 basic type of assessment
initial comprehensive
ongoing or partial
focused or problem based
emergency
time lapsed
performed within specified time after admission to a health care agency ; to establish complete database for problem identification
initial comprehensive
performed whenever and wherever the nurse or another health care professional has an encounter with the client in any setting ; to determine any changes from the baseline data
ongoing or partial
performed when a comprehensive database exists for a client with a specific health concern ; a thorough assessment of a particular client problem
focused or problem oriented
during a physiologic or psychologic crisis of the client ; rapid assessment performed in life threatening situations
emergency assessment
several months after initial assessment ; to compare the client’s current status to baseline data
time lapsed assessment
nurses relied of their natural senses, the client’s face and body would be observed for change in color, temperature, muscle strength, use of limbs, body output, and degrees of nutrition
late 1800s and early 1900s
the american journal of public health documents routine client and home inspection by public health nurses in 1030s
1930-1949
nurses were hired to conduct pre-employment health histories and physical examintion
1950-1969
conducts health histories and physical and psychological assessments
1970-1989
downsizing budget cuts, and restructuring were the priorities of the 1990s
1990-present
kind of nurse who performs focused assessment and relays finding with the multidisciplinary team to develop a comprehensive care plan
acute care nurse
safely assess critically ill clients who are outside the structures intensive care unit
critical care outreach nurses
assess and screen clients to determine the need for physician referrals
ambulatory care nurses
make independent nursing diagnoses and referrals
home health nurses
the practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social and public health sciences
public health nurses
a specialized practice of pubic health nursing, protects and promotes student health, facilitates normal development and advances academic success
school nurse
a specialist in the nursing field who is trained to work closely with terminally ill patients
hospice nurses
