NUR 180 UNIT 2 Flashcards
Science of nursing
The knowledge base for the care that is given.
Art of nursing
The skilled application of that knowledge in helping others achieve optimal health and quality of life.
Science of Nursing
the knowledge base for the care that is given. It includes: best practice + critical thinking + clinical judgment = nursing judgment
Art of Nursing
the skilled application of that knowledge in helping others achieve optimal health and quality of life. Encompasses physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of the patient
Historical background of Nursing
16th century - Shift from a religious orientation to an emphasis on warfare, exploration, and expansion of knowledge
- Nursing had a poor reputation; nurses received low pay and worked long hours in unfavorable conditions.
18-19th century - Social reforms changed the roles of nurses and of women in general.
- Nursing as we now know it began, based on many of the beliefs of Florence Nightingale.
- Nightingale challenged prejudices against women and elevated the status of all nurses.
19th-21st century - Hospital schools organized to provide more easily controlled and less expensive staff for the hospital.
- First Hospital School of Nursing for Men
- Nurses were under the control of male hospital administrators and physicians.
World War II:
- Large numbers of women worked outside the home and became more independent and assertive.
- Explosion in medicine and technology broadened the role of nurses.
- Growth of nursing as a professional discipline
1950-present - Nursing broadened in all areas:
- Practice in a wide variety of health care settings
- The development of a specific body of knowledge
- The conduct and publication of nursing research
- Recognition of the role of nursing in promoting health
- Growth of nursing as a professional discipline
Diagnosing
identification of and discrimination between physical and psychosocial signs and symptons essential to effective execution and management of the nursing regiment, such diagnostic privileage is distinct from a medical diagnosis.
Nurse Practice Act
The purpose is to regulate the scope of nursing practice and protect public health, safety, and welfare.
- PROTECT the PUBLIC by defining the LEGAL SCOPE of nursing practice, excluding untrained or unlicensed people from practicing nursing
- CREATE a state BOARD OF NURSING or regulatory body having the authority to make + enforce rules + regulations concerning the nursing profession
- DEFINE important terms + activities in nurisng including legal requirements + titles for RNs + LPNs
- ESTABLISH CRITERIA for the education + licensure of nurses
Four Aim of Nursing
- ) To promote health
- ) To prevent illness
- ) To restore health
- ) To facilitate coping with disability or death
- To meet these aims, the nurse uses FOUR blended compentencies: cognitive, technical, interpersonal + ethical/legal
Roles and Functions of Nurses
Caregiver -the provision of care to patients that combines bothh the art and the science of nursing in meeting physical, emotional, intellectual, socioculturall, and spiritual needs.
Communicator- the use of effective interpersonal and therapeutic communication skills to establish and maintain helping relationships with patients of all ages in a wide variety of health care setting.
Educator/teacher - the use of communication skills to assess, implent, and evaluation individualized teaching plans to meeting learning needs of patient and their families.
Counselor- the used of therapeutic interpsonal communcation skills to provide info, make appropriate referrals, and facilititate the patient problem solving and decision making skills.
Leader- The assertive, self confident practice of nursing when providing care effecting change and functioning with groups.
Researcher- the patricipation in or conduct of research to increase knowledge in nursing and improve patient care.
Advocate - the protection of human or legal rights and the securing of care for all patients based on the belief that patients have the right to make imformed cisions about their own healths and lives.
Collaborator- the effective use of skills in organization, communication, and advocacy to facilitate the functions of all members of the health care team as they provide patient care.
LPN
DIPLOMA, 24-36 months, plans and gives direct care to patients in structured settings, works with other members of the health care team to plan and provide care to mostly ill patients.
RN, ADN
Associate degree - 2 years. SAME descriptions as LPN.
RN, BSN
4 YEARS, variety of seetings in which health care and nursing care are provided. Plans and give direct care to individual patients, groups, and communities. Direct other memebers of the health care team in planning and providing care to ill and well patients in a variety of setting assumes beggining of leadership roles provides comprehensive health care including health promotion, illness prevention, and rehabilitative, educational, and health counseling.
Standard of Practice
allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protections for the nurse, the patient, and the insitution where health car is provided. Assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, consultation, evaluation
Nurse practice act
laws established in each state in the US to regulate the practice of nursing.
Nursing process
assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating.
Current trends in nursing
- Changing demographics and increasing diversity
- The technological explosion
- The era of the educated consumer, alternative therapies, and genomic and palliative care
- The shift to population-based care and the increasing complexity of patient care
- The cost of health care and the challenge of managed care
- The impact of health policy and regulation
- The growing need for interdisciplinary education and collaborative practice
- The current nursing shortage/opportunities for lifelong learning and workforce development
- Significant advances in nursing science and research
Credentialing
The process used to establish the qualifications of professionals, organizational members, or organizations and to assess their background and legitimacy to meet predetermined and standardized criteria. Individuals, organizations, processes, services, or products may be credentialed.
Accreditation
A voluntary process by which a nongovernmental entity grants a time-limited recognition or credentials to an organization after verifying that predetermined and standardized criteria are met.
Licensure
A process by which a governmental agency grants time-limited permission to an individual to engage in a given occupation after verifying that he or she has met predetermined and standardized criteria (usually education, experience, and examination).
Cerification
A voluntary process by which a nongovernmental agency grants a time-limited recognition to an individual after verifying that he or she has met predetermined and standardized criteria.
Registration
as the recognition of successful completion of mandated requirements for the practice of a particular profession.
Treating
selection and performance of those therapeutic measures essential to the effective execution and managment of the nursing regiment and execution of the prescribed medical regiment
Human responses
Signs, symptoms, and processes which denote the individual interaction with an actual or potential health problem
Wellness
An ACTIVE state of being healthy by living a lifestyle promoting good physical, mental, and emotional health.
Disease
Pathologic ( abnormal) change in the structure or function in the body or mind.
Health
A state of physical, mental and social well being, not merely the ABSENCE OF DISEASE or infirmity. A state of optimal functioning.
Illness
The UNIQUE response of a person to a disease; an ABNORMAL PROCESS involving changed level of of functioning.
The health -Illness continuum
Measures a person’s levels of health. Views health as a CONSTANTLY CHANGING state with high levels of WELLNESS and death on OPPOSITE sides of a continuum.
illustrate the dynamic state of health. Read from left to right death-illness-normal-good-high
Acute
a fast onset; last few days, and are usually cured.
Chronic
They have slow onset; are not usually curable and tend to last life long.
Stages of Illness behavior 1-4
1)transition or onset, 2) acceptance, 3) dependent role and 4)convalesce or recovery
Transition or onset
patientis experiencing symptoms bit does not accept yet he/he is sick.
Acceptance
a patient accepts that is sick and gives up normal activities but may be still does not seek profesional help, but accepts help from the family.
Dependent Role
The patient accepts medical treatments
Convalesce or recovery
patient archives recovery and might include rehabilitation.
Nursing
a profession focused on assisting individuals, families, and communities to attain, recover, and maintain optimum health and function from birth to old age.
Level 1
Physiologic needs- oxygen,water,food,elimination,temp,sex,physical activity, and rest
Level 1 - highest priority
Physiologic needs- oxygen,water,food,elimination,temp,sex,physical activity, and rest
level 2
Safety and security needs- being protected from potential or actual form.
level 3
Love and belonging needs- understanding and acceptance of others in both giving and receiving love, and the feeling of belonging.