Lecture 2 Flashcards
Why was nursing education from 100 years ago considered Exploitative?
Because women in poor conditions were convinced to become nurses to better themselves. Nursing at that time a very demanding and strict with little pay
Leaders in Nursing education today seek to ____
transform nursing in a way that honors nursing’s social contract with the public
the ____ of nurses plays a critical role in their ability to practice safely and achieve ___ outcomes for their patients
Education
Optimal
What is the IOM?
The institute of Medicine
According to the IOM’s article “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (2010)”
What four things do nurses need to be/do
- Practice to their fullest extent
- Attain higher ed through a system of seamless progression
- Be full partners with other HC professionals
- Use imporved data collection to better policy and plan development
When did Nursing Schools begin to transition into Universities and Colleges?
What report recommended this transititon
beginning in the 1948
brown report
What three recommendations did the ANA make in 1965?
- Nursing Ed should be in institutes of higher education
- Min of a BSN to be a nurse
- RN assistants to have education in short vocational programs
What three additional recommendations did the ANA make in 1979?
- Min of a BSN for alll nurses by 1985
- Two levels of nurses (professional and Tech)
- More access to HQ career mobility programs
What was determined in the 1980’s as the major block in advancement of nursing by the National Commission on Nursing
the ongoing conflict within the profession about education prep
What did the National Commission on Nursing recommend to better the advancement of nursing in the 1980’s
To establish a clear system of nursing education and increased number of graduate programs
What was the ADN degree made available? it was created due to_____
in 1952
Due to the post WW2 nursing shortage and community college movement
What is an external nursing degree?
- Independent learning
- Highly standardized
- Student arranged Clinical
Who is the most well established External Nursing degree Program? when was it first offered?
Excelsior
1970
What is an articulation agreement?
for example all wa LPN programs must be able to articulate to RN and Rn to BSN
What is Accreditation?
A voluntary review process by a professional organization
What is the purpose of Accreditation?
to show the program has met established standards for program effectiveness
Who is the NLNAC? What programs do the Accredit
Nation League of Nursing Accreditation Commission (ADN)
Who is the CCNE when were they founded and who do the Accredit
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
1998
(BSN)
When did the rapid development of Doctoral programs for nurses begin?
1970s
By the end of the 1950s how many Nursing PhDs had been awarded?
36
When was the DNP created?
2004
What are Certification programs?
Tests and education taken to increase skill and knowledge base that go beyond licensure
What is Continuing Education?
Education required to maintain licensure
What are considered contact hours?
Meetings
What is a CEARP? What is the benefit vs CE or CEU?
A continuing education approval & recognition program.
Type of continuing education that is transferable and needed to maintain certain cirtifications
Why are we facing faculty shortages in Nursing?
The current Nursing educators are aging and the education bodies do not offer desirable benefits to younger nurses
What is QSEN?
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
What is politics?
The science of government and the management of a political party
What is policy?
A plan or course of action to influence and determine decisions, actions and other matters
What is power?
Strength that is exerted or capable of being exerted
What is Authority
Legitimacy to exert power
What is influence?
A form of power that is not legitimated through official channels
-the action of producing effects on the actions, behavior, and opinion of others
What are the three types of nursing organizations?
- Broad purpose
- Specialty
- Special interest
What is the political role of a nurse citizen?
They bring the perspective of health care to the voting booth and to the community
What is the political role of a nurse activist?
A nurse who takes an active role in community involvement usually due to an issue that personally affects the nurse
What is a nurse politician?
A nurse who develops legislation
What are nursing standards?
- They allow nurses to carry out professional roles.
- Serve as protection for the nurse, patient, and institution
What are nursing practice acts?
Laws established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing
Where can you find the Nursing practice acts in WA?
The Washington Administrative Code (WAC): 246-840-700 (Standards of nursing conduct or practice)
-The Revised code of Washington (RCW)
What does the nursing process integrate?
The art and science of nursing
What is the NANDA?
The North American
Nursing Diagnosis Association
A nurse who has met the outcomes of the OC nursing program will…
(4 things)
- Have professional values
- Have excellent communication skills
- Have advanced clinical reasoning
- Be Practiced in Nursing informatics/ information literacy
What is self assessment?
The process of looking at oneself in order to assess aspects that are important to ones identity
What is the purpose of a self assessment?
it is an evaluation of one’s own abilities and failings
What is peer assessment?
Evaluation of work by one or more people of similar competence to the producers of the work
What is the purpose of peer assessment?
- A form of self regulation withing an academic body
- Maintains standards
- Improves performance
- Provides creditibility
What are some peer assessment barriers?
- Cooperation
- Collaboration
- Incompetence
- Differing value, culture,education.
___ and ___ are the foundations of scientifically based nursing practice?
Theory and research
What are the three components of Evidence-based practice?
- Clinical expertise
- Patient Values
- Best research evidence
What are the three techniques used to apply EBP?
- Empirical knowledge/practice
- Trial & error
- Intuition
Nursing process is a means of __________ to the management of patient care
Adapting a scientific framework
What is nursing research?
(a form of EBP)
The systematic investigation of phenomena related to improving specific aspects of health care and/or nursing
What is inductive reasoning?
- A particular outcome comes from a situation
- Generalizations come from observations of that outcome
- Conclusions are “True” until noted otherwise
What is deductive reasoning?
- A process that begins with a general experience
- Becomes specific to certain cases
- Conclusions are valid
