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Module 1 Flashcards

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Define Nursing

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it is integral to the health care delivery and it is a person-centered job and its based on the patients unique needs

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Early History of nursing in Canada

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When settlers first came to Canada, First Nations were already living there.
- They cared for them and gave the settlers medicine when they were sick.

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Was Good nursing care the only effective defense during the early history of nursing in Canada?

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Yes

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Did the New Colony of Canada have diseases when the settlers came?

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Yes

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Describe the Indigenous Population and what did they do for the settlers?

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-They had healthcare knowledge
- Herbal remedies
- They were midwives, nurses and caregivers to the settlers

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New France 1606- ( Quebec)- Who were the first nurses at the time?

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The first nurses were male attendants and Jesuit Priests

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Were there Hospitals at the time for New France?

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No

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If you did not know where to go for help, where did you often go during New France?

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you would go to religious organizations

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Who is Jeanne Mance?

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she founded the first hospital in Montreal

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What did Marie Herbert ( lay nurse) do?

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she provided care to settlers

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What did Marguerite D’Youville form and what did she create?

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She created Sister of Charity which was the first visiting nuns and she created the Grey Nuns

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What was the grey nuns?

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They were the first visiting nurses

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What did the Grey nuns do?

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They spread out from Montreal towards the west, the cared for ill in their homes, and established missions in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Northwest Territories and constructed a hospital in Alberta

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Who is Florence Nightingale

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The founder of modern nursing

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What did Florence Nightingale establish?

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Established Nightingale school

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What are 3 things Florence Nightingale did?

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Cared for wounded soldiers during the Crimean War, dramatically reduced mortality and morbidity rates with simple nursing care and the first nurse to be a statistician and created epidemiology

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Where was Mary Seacole born?

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Kingston, Jamaica in 1805

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What did Mary Seacole do?

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She cared for wounded soldiers and she established hospitals and made her own facility to care for officers

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Colonial Healthcare in Canada- what year was “Indian Hospitals” created and who created it?

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1800s by the federal government

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Why did the Federal Government create “Indian Hospitals”

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They offered it to create a health care service that was separate from the one available to the non-indigenous population

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Nursing Education in Canada- who created the first financially independent school of nursing?

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Florence Nightingale

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Did Nursing Schools spread across Europe and North America

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Ouiii

23
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When was the Canadian Health Act Created?

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it was created in 1984 and nation wide 1987

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Who was the founder of Canadian Nursing?

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Jeanne Mance

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Discuss the impact of the Canadian Health Act on health care delivery

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to protect, promote, and restore the physical and mental well being of residents residents in Canada, and to facilitate reasonable access to health services without financial barriers.

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What the five principles of the Canadian Health Act?

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Comprehensives, universality, protability, acessability, and public administration

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What is Public Administration?

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it operates on non profit basis through public authority

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What is Comprehensiveness?

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Covers medically necessary services

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What is universality?

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Free of Discrinimation

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What is Portability?

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Coverage access Canada for insured residents

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What is Acessability?

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Needs access to clinics, and hospitals and reasonable access regardless of ability to pay.

32
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Describe how the Health Professions Act regulates health professionals in Alberta?

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Regulates self governing professinals. They follow common rules , investigate complaints, educational standards and practice standards

33
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Describe the scope of practice of a Licensed Practical Nurse in Alberta?

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its what a lpn can do and cant do after graduation.
Apply nursing knowledge, skills, and judgment to assess clients needs.-Provide nursing care for clients and families.
-Teach, manage, and conduct research in the science, techniques and practive of nursingand/or -
Provide restricted activities authorized by the regulations.

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Describe the role of the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (CLPNA) inregulating nursing practice?

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To protect the public and keep you accountable.
Responsibility to the Public Responsibility to Clients Responsibility to the Profession Responsibility to Colleagues Responsibility to Oneself

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Define collaborative practice as it relates to the Spheres of Caring conceptual framework Collaborative Practices put patients at the center of care?

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The patient is at the center but an lpn must also relate to impacted friends and family members

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Describe various environments for LPN

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hospitals, clinics, vaccine clinics, nursing homes, elementary schools and high school etc

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What was the impact of the Canadian Health Act on health care delivery?

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Concept of social funded program introduction 1947, medicare act 1966, canada health act 1984

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What is the the scope of practice of a Licensed Practical Nurse in Alberta?

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Framework that includes: regulation, standards of practice: code of ethics, entry to practice competencies and competency profile

39
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Define accessibility

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Insured residents have reasonable access to health care facilities and providers

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Define portability

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Insured residents can access health care services in another province or territory without cost or penalty

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Define universality

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free of discrimination

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How does the Health Professions Act regulates health professionals in Alberta?

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Sets standard of practice and the care you give, develops code of ethics, approves nursing education programs and power to give, suspend, revoke licenses.

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Define comprehensiveness

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Covers all medically necessary hospital and physician services

44
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motivates one person to communicate with another

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Referent

45
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the setting for sender-receiver interaction

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Environment

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content of communication

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Message

47
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means of conveying and receiving messages

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channels

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Nursing Arts (6 decks)

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