Module 1 Flashcards
Define Nursing
it is integral to the health care delivery and it is a person-centered job and its based on the patients unique needs
Early History of nursing in Canada
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.
Was Good nursing care the only effective defense during the early history of nursing in Canada?
Yes
Did the New Colony of Canada have diseases when the settlers came?
Yes
Describe the Indigenous Population and what did they do for the settlers?
-They had healthcare knowledge
- Herbal remedies
- They were midwives, nurses and caregivers to the settlers
New France 1606- ( Quebec)- Who were the first nurses at the time?
The first nurses were male attendants and Jesuit Priests
Were there Hospitals at the time for New France?
No
If you did not know where to go for help, where did you often go during New France?
you would go to religious organizations
Who is Jeanne Mance?
she founded the first hospital in Montreal
What did Marie Herbert ( lay nurse) do?
she provided care to settlers
What did Marguerite D’Youville form and what did she create?
She created Sister of Charity which was the first visiting nuns and she created the Grey Nuns
What was the grey nuns?
They were the first visiting nurses
What did the Grey nuns do?
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
Who is Florence Nightingale
The founder of modern nursing
What did Florence Nightingale establish?
Established Nightingale school
What are 3 things Florence Nightingale did?
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
Where was Mary Seacole born?
Kingston, Jamaica in 1805
What did Mary Seacole do?
She cared for wounded soldiers and she established hospitals and made her own facility to care for officers
Colonial Healthcare in Canada- what year was “Indian Hospitals” created and who created it?
1800s by the federal government
Why did the Federal Government create “Indian Hospitals”
They offered it to create a health care service that was separate from the one available to the non-indigenous population
Nursing Education in Canada- who created the first financially independent school of nursing?
Florence Nightingale
Did Nursing Schools spread across Europe and North America
Ouiii
When was the Canadian Health Act Created?
it was created in 1984 and nation wide 1987
Who was the founder of Canadian Nursing?
Jeanne Mance
Discuss the impact of the Canadian Health Act on health care delivery
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.
What the five principles of the Canadian Health Act?
Comprehensives, universality, protability, acessability, and public administration
What is Public Administration?
it operates on non profit basis through public authority
What is Comprehensiveness?
Covers medically necessary services
What is universality?
Free of Discrinimation
What is Portability?
Coverage access Canada for insured residents
What is Acessability?
Needs access to clinics, and hospitals and reasonable access regardless of ability to pay.
Describe how the Health Professions Act regulates health professionals in Alberta?
Regulates self governing professinals. They follow common rules , investigate complaints, educational standards and practice standards
Describe the scope of practice of a Licensed Practical Nurse in Alberta?
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.
Describe the role of the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta (CLPNA) inregulating nursing practice?
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
Define collaborative practice as it relates to the Spheres of Caring conceptual framework Collaborative Practices put patients at the center of care?
The patient is at the center but an lpn must also relate to impacted friends and family members
Describe various environments for LPN
hospitals, clinics, vaccine clinics, nursing homes, elementary schools and high school etc
What was the impact of the Canadian Health Act on health care delivery?
Concept of social funded program introduction 1947, medicare act 1966, canada health act 1984
What is the the scope of practice of a Licensed Practical Nurse in Alberta?
Framework that includes: regulation, standards of practice: code of ethics, entry to practice competencies and competency profile
Define accessibility
Insured residents have reasonable access to health care facilities and providers
Define portability
Insured residents can access health care services in another province or territory without cost or penalty
Define universality
free of discrimination
How does the Health Professions Act regulates health professionals in Alberta?
Sets standard of practice and the care you give, develops code of ethics, approves nursing education programs and power to give, suspend, revoke licenses.
Define comprehensiveness
Covers all medically necessary hospital and physician services
motivates one person to communicate with another
Referent
the setting for sender-receiver interaction
Environment
content of communication
Message
means of conveying and receiving messages
channels
