HE prelims Flashcards
5 factors which influenced the growth of patient education from the mid-1800s through the turn of the 20th century
- Emergence of nursing and other health professions
- Technological developments
- Emphasis on patient-caregiver relationships
- Spread of tuberculosis and other communicable diseases
- Growing of interest in the welfare of mothers and children
What is the purpose of patient education?
To increase the competence and confidence of clients for self-management
What is the primary goal of patient education?
To increase the responsibility and independence of clients for self-care
Founder of modern nursing, was the ultimate educator
Florence Nightingale
3 contributions of Florence Nightingale
- Developed the first school of nursing
- Devoted a large portion of her career to teaching nurses, physicians, and health officials about the importance of proper conditions in hospitals and homes to improve the health of people
- Emphasized the importance of teaching patients the need for adequate nutrition, fresh air, exercise, and personal hygiene to improve their well-being
Since the ______, when nursing was first acknowledged as a unique discipline, the responsibility for teaching has been recognized as an important role of nurses as caregivers
mid-1800s
What is the focus of nurse’s teaching efforts?
The focus is on the care of the sick and promoting the health of the well public
Why is nursing unique among the health professions in patient education?
It has long been considered a major component of standard care given by nurses
Patient Teaching as an independent nursing function 5 groups
- Patients
- Families
- Colleagues
- Nursing students
- Individuals and groups
Any type of work that needs special training or particular skill, often one that is respected because it involves a high level of education
Profession
The people who do a particular type of work is considered as
A group
Is a disciplined group of individuals who adhere to ethical standard and who hold themselves out as, and are accepted by the public as possessing special knowledge and skills in a widely recognized body of learning derived from research, education and training at a high level, and who are prepared to apply this knowledge and exercise these skills in the interest of others. And who made this definition?
Profession and Australian Council of Professions, 2003
Member of a profession. Are governed by codes of ethics and profess commitment to competence, integrity and morality, altruism and the promotion of the public good within their expert domain. Are accountable to those they serve and to society
Professional
Maintain health in humans through the application of the principles and procedures of evidence-based medicine and caring. And who gave this description?
Health Professional and World Health Organization 2013
Who is the component for the novice to expert model
Patricia Benner
Novice to Expert Model
Identify:
Has no professional experience
- “tell me what i need to do and i’ll do it
- no experience of what they are expected to perform
Novice
Novice to Expert Model
Identify:
- Can note recurrent meaningful situational, components, but not prioritize between them
- those who can demonstrate marginally acceptable performance
- those who have coped with enough real situations to note, or to have pointed out to them by a mentor
- “i have done it, so i can perform it”
Beginner/ Advanced Beginner
Novice to Expert Model
Identify:
- Begins to understand actions in terms of long-range goals
- has done the job on the same or similar unit for two or three years
- nurse see her actions in terms of long range plans which she is consciously aware
- can plan analytically and contemplate on problems at hand
- “I am confident that I can do it”
Competent
Novice to Expert Model
Identify:
- Perceives situations as whole, rather than in terms of aspects
- perceives the situation as a whole rather than in terms of chunk of task or activities to be done
- performance is guided by principles
- “Given this situation, the best action is’
Proficient
Novice to Expert Model
Identify:
- Has intuitive grasp of the situation and zeroes in on the accurate region of the problem
- Has enormous background of experience with an intuitive grasp of each situation
- Focuses on the core of the problem in the most allowable time and resources
Expert
Identify Roles and Responsibilities of a Professional Nurse:
- directly render safe and nurturing interventions and therapeutics to clients in any setting
Health Care Provider
Identify Roles and Responsibilities of a Professional Nurse:
- provide health teaching in promoting health and preventing disease
Teacher
Identify Roles and Responsibilities of a Professional Nurse:
- Give ample time to listen and provide guidance and counseling
Counselor
Identify Roles and Responsibilities of a Professional Nurse:
-initiate means to modify the system both internal and external to facilitate healing of clients
Change Agent
Identify Roles and Responsibilities of a Professional Nurse:
- one who acts in behalf of the client
Patient’s advocate
Identify Roles and Responsibilities of a Professional Nurse:
- utilizes the functions of management in caring for a group of clients
Unit manager
Identify Expanded roles of a nurse:
- conduct studies in order to improve knowledge in the practice of nursing
Researcher
Identify Roles and Responsibilities of a Professional Nurse:
- completed a master’s degree program of specialty and has considerable clinical expertise in that specialty
Nurse specialist
Identify Roles and Responsibilities of a Professional Nurse:
- completed either a certificate program or a master’s degree in a specialty and is also certified by the appropriate specialty organization
- skilled in making nursing process and in treating minor self-limiting illness
Nurse practitioner
6 Additional expanded roles of a nurse
- Nurse midwife
- Nurse Anesthetist
- Nurse educator
- Nurse Entrepreneur
- Nurse Administrator
- Legal Nurse Consultant
What Republic Act states:
A person shall be deemed to be practicing nursing within the meaning of this act when he/she singly or in collaboration with another, initiates and performs nursing services to individuals, families and communities in any health care setting. It includes, but not limited to, nursing care during conception, labor, delivery, infancy, childhood, toddler, pre-school, school age adolescence, adulthood and old age. As independent practitioners, nurses are primarily responsible for the promotion of health and prevention of illness. As members of the health team, nurses shall collaborate with other health care providers for the curative, preventive, and rehabilitative aspects of care, restoration of health, alleviation of suffering, and when recovery is not possible, towards a peaceful death
RA 9172, Article 6, Section 28
What Republic Act states:
It shall be the duty of nurse to:
(a) Provide nursing care through the utilization
of the nursing process. Nursing care
includes, but not limited to, traditional and
innovative approaches, therapeutic use of
self, executing health care techniques and
procedures, essential primary health care,
comfort measures, health teachings, and
administration of written prescription for
treatment, therapies, oral, topical and
parenteral medications, internal examination
during labor in the absence of antenatal
bleeding and delivery. In case of suturing of
perineal laceration, special training shall be
provided according to protocol established;
(b) Establish linkages with community
resources and coordination with the
health team;
(c) Provide health education to individuals,
families and communities;
(d) Teach, guide and supervise students in
nursing education programs including
the administration of nursing services in
varied settings such as hospitals and
clinics; undertake consultation services;
engage in such activities that require the
utilization of knowledge and decision-
making skills of a registered nurse; and
(e) Undertake nursing and health human resource
development training and research, which shall
include, but not limited to, the development of
advance nursing practice;
Provided, That this section shall not apply to nursing
students who perform nursing functions under the direct
supervision of a qualified faculty: Provided, further, That
in the practice of nursing in all settings, the nurse is
duty-bound to observe the Code of Ethics for nurses and
uphold the standards of safe nursing practice. The nurse
is required to maintain competence by continual
learning through continuing professional education to be
provided by the accredited professional organization or
any recognized professional nursing organization:
Provided, finally, That the program and activity for the
continuing professional education shall be submitted to
and approved by the Board.
RA 9173, Article 6, Section 28
Who said:
Nursing is both an art and a science. It is a profession that uses specialized knowledge and skills to promote wellness and to provide care for people in both health and illness in a variety of practice settings
Taylor, Lillis, Le Mone & Lynn (2011)
4 aims of nursing
- To promote health
- to prevent illness
- to restore health
- to facilitate coping with disability or death
Who said:
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
WHO (1948)
The range of personal, social, economic and environmental factors which determine the health status of individuals or populations. And who said this?
Determinants of Health. WHO (1998) Health Promotion Glossary
Is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health. And who said this?
Health promotion. WHO (1986) Ottowa Charter for Health Promotion
Covers measure not only to prevent the occurrence of disease, such as risk factor reduction, but also to arrest its progress and reduce its consequence once established. And who said this?
Disease prevention. WHO (1998) Health Promotion Glossary
Compromises of consciously constructed opportunities for learning involving some form of communication designed to improve health literacy, including improving knowledge, and developing life skills which are conducive to individual and community health. And who said this?
Health Education. WHO (1998) Health Promotion Glossary
Represents the cognitive social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access to, understand and use information in ways which promote and maintain good health. And who said this?
WHO (1998) Health promotion glossary
Any activity undertaken by an individual, regardless of actual or perceived health status, for the purpose of promoting, protecting or maintaining health, whether or not such behavior is objectively effective towards that end. And who said this?
Health behavior
Behaviors associated with increased susceptibility to a specific cause of ill-health. And who said this?
Risk behaviors. Who (1998) Health Promotion Glossary
