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NURS 170 Final- Ch 18-23 Flashcards

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Fiduciary Relationship

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provides service that causes the recipient to trust in the specialized knowledge and integrity of the nurse

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Jurisprudence

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  • Studying the law
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Contravention

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come into conflict or infringe on laws and rules

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Registered Nurses Profession Regulation

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  • defines rules for RN practice in Alberta
  • practice statement for registered nurses
  • protected titles
  • registration requirements
  • annual practice permits
  • continuing competence
  • authorized restricted activities
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HIA and FOIP

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who can access what information

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Statute Law

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created by an elective legislative body

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Tort

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civil wrong against another person or their property

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Intentional Tort

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willful acts that violate another person’s right

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4 Intentional Torts

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  1. Assault
  2. Battery
  3. Invasion of privacy
  4. False Imprisonment
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Negligence

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conduct that does not meet standard of care as determined by law

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Vicarious Liability

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legal doctrine where the law holds the employer responsible for the act of an employee

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Advocacy

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acting on behalf of another person, speaking for someone who cannot speak for themselves, intervening to ensure views are heard

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Unintentional Tort

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Unwillful act that violates another person’s right

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Strategis to Prevent Negligence: Documentation

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  • chronological
  • comprehensive
  • legal document
  • completed in timely fashion
  • best defence against allegations
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Adverse Events

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events that result in unintended harm to the patient, and are related to the care and/or services provided to the patient rather than to the patients underlying medical condition

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Risk Management

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practice of minimizing adverse events resulting in the highest possible quality of care

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Scope of Practice

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  • set and maintain professional standards of practice
  • should be communicated with public, and other stakeholders
  • promotes competence
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Canadian Nurses Protective Society (CNPS)

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  • legal support system
  • not-for-profit operated by nurses
  • occurrence based
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Professional Socialization

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essential process of learning skills, attitudes, and behaviours necessary to fulfill professional roles

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Basis of Systematic Theory

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a distinct way of viewing a phenomena surrounding the knowledge base of the profession

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Characteristics of a Profession

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  • basis in systematic theory
  • specialized competencies
  • dedication to raise standards
  • specialties with specific missions
  • code of ethics
  • self - regulation
  • professional culture
  • authority recognized by society
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Self-Regulation

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profession accountable to government and public

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Registration and Licensure

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determine the eligibility of applicants to practice in their jurisdiction

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Entry-Level Competencies

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  • knowledge, skills, judgement and attributes required of an RN to practice safely and ethically in a designate role and setting
  • assessed by regulatory body
  • measured through NCLEX
  • NEPAB
  • guides curriculum
  • guide for public and employer awareness
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Continuing Competence

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-annual process of collecting feedback from a variety of sources to evaluate nursing practice

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Certification

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-indicates to people outside and in your profession that you are qualified

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Standards of Practice

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authorities statement that describes required behaviour and establishes a measure of safe, competent and ethical nursing practice

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Professional Conduct

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  • part of CARNA’s mandate

- begins with receipt of a complaint leading to follow up

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Steps CARNA Takes After Receiving a Complaint

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  1. Investigation
  2. Hearing
  3. Sanctions
  4. Follow-Up
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Importance of Nursing Organizations

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  • common goal
  • advocacy
  • political action
  • professional development
  • educate, support, motivate
  • shape leadership
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Praxis

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  • reflection and action directed towards transforming the world
  • bring together the philosophical and theoretical in line with potential practices
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Epistemology

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philosophy concerned with sources of knowledge and truth

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Ontology

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examination of the nature of being or reality

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Nursing Praxis

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bringing together theory and practice making theory and practice mutually dependent

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Caring Defined

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  • central concept in nursing process

- universal phenomenon that influences how we think, feel and behave in relation to each other

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Caring Defined: Kristen Swanson

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  • nurturing way of relating to a valued other to whom you have a sense of responsibility
  • client’s well-being should be enhanced by the nurse
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Theory of Caring: 5 Processes

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  1. Knowing
  2. Being With
  3. Doing For
  4. Enabling
  5. Maintaining Belief
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Caring Defined: Simone Roach

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-does not imply subservience but freedom

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3 Elements that Provide Language for Caring

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  1. 10 Caritas Processes: universal practices of human caring
  2. Transpersonal Caring Relationship: emphasis on the nurse/patient relationship grounded in relational ontology
  3. Caring Moment: reflective/meditative approach
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Common Themes in Caring Theories

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  • relational mutuality
  • more than “doing”
  • everydayness
  • recognition of context
  • well-being of patient through caring support of nurse
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Ethic of Care

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  • places caring at the centre of decision making
  • concerned with relationships between people and nurses attitude to others
  • includes a sensitivity to power differentials
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Emancipatory Knowing

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  • awareness of social problems
  • critical reflection of status quo
  • questioning assumptions
  • gives nurses the ability to critique an analyze barriers of injustice and become agents of change
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What drives action?

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-need to seek freedom from inequality

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Praxis occurs when you ______ in an integrated way to support ______

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  1. all patterns of knowing

2. social justice

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Social Justice

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  • fair distribution of resources
  • focus on position of one social group in relation to others
  • root causes of disparity and solutions
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Traits of Nurses Who Developed Powerful Nursing Practice

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  • acknowledge unique role
  • commitment to continuous learning
  • professional comportment
  • effective collaboration
  • take leadership advocacy roles
  • sought-after perspective
  • enhance power of organizations
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Political Action

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-process of using power to influence decision makers to implement changes to improve the lives of clients, communities, and populations

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Importance of Involvement

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  • governments are influenced by what they hear
  • nurses have lots of credibility
  • unique perspectives
  • successful advocators
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Fundamentals of Political Action

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  • understand nature of organization
  • use comportment
  • have a plan
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Primary Health Care

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  • right care right time right provider
  • improving health of Canadians
  • clients at centre of care
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Principals of PHC

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  1. Accessibility
  2. Active Public Participation
  3. health promotion and chronic disease prevention/management
  4. Use of appropriate technology and innovation
  5. Intersectoral Cooperation and Collaboration
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Primary Care

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  • the element within primary health care that focuses on health care services, including health promotion, illness and injury prevention, and the diagnosis and treatments of illness and injury
  • entry point to health care system
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Vision of Future Nursing

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  • lead collaborative teams
  • improve access to care
  • expanded scope of practice
  • SDOH determination
  • advocating for sustainability
  • support management of own health
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Roger’s Theory

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Innovation(new knowledge)+Diffusion (implementing knowledge) =Spread of Knowledge

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5 Stages to Move Innovation to Practice

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  1. Awareness
  2. Persuasion
  3. Decision
  4. Implementation
  5. Adoption
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Cochrane Contribution

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  • systemic reviews
  • peer reviewed
  • problem isn’t volume but access
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Values In Canadian Code of Ethics

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  1. Safe, competent Ethical Care
  2. Promote Health
  3. Informed Decision Making
  4. Honour Dignity
  5. Maintain Confidentiality
  6. Promote Justice
  7. Be Accountable
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ICN

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Globally ensures quality nursing, health policies, advancing nursing knowledge

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CNA

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-Rn role in Canada
-Claire
-Includes provincial
associations
-certifies 21 specialties

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CNSA

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increase legal and ethical educational aspects

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CARNA

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Vision Excellent Regulation
Mission: serve public safety, build progressive leadership
Values: integrity, respect, accountability, professionalism
-disciplinary

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UNA

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union

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CFNU

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  • voice for nurses on national level

- advocacy to gov’ of Canada

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CASN

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education, policy
theory, research, practice
accretion for university programs

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CCRNR

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  • monitors prov’, national, global issues to regulation
  • advises
  • Where organizations collaborate for education requirements etc.

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